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go back to a previous state- Since everything at the shack had reverted back to its original desolation, Mack had begun to wonder if Missy's body might still be in the cave.William P. Young -- The Shack
- If there be no offspring, born or unborn, said share will revert to the estate.Olive Ann Burns -- Cold Sassy Tree
- Andie had reverted to her old cheery self after Amy returned.Gillian Flynn -- Gone Girl
- If that is your choice, Longbottom, we revert to the original plan.J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- "That's it!" cried Clare, pleased to think that she had reverted to the real pronunciation.Thomas Hardy -- Tess of the d'Urbervilles
- By consequence, all political power has reverted to its original source, the people of the nation.Mark Twain -- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
- His clothes had reverted to the normal mortal ones we'd bought him in Cairo, but somehow he still looked quite imposing, quite confident.Rick Riordan -- The Throne of Fire
- The carefully clipped topiaries that lined the drive had reverted to scraggly bushes, and weeds had claimed all the formal flower beds.Geraldine Brooks -- Year of Wonders
- A hundred cultured boys and girls slipping back to illiteracy, back to the stone age, the veneer sloughing away .... reverting to savagery.Robert A. Heinlein -- Tunnel In the Sky
- For months, I kept expecting him to revert to his old ways, and I watched for it, ready to call him on it.Nicholas Sparks -- Nights in Rodanthe
- Forgetting his regulation language, this poor Frenchman had reverted to speaking his own mother tongue to fling out one supreme plea!Jules Verne -- Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
- At Home I reverted to the old Pattyn, the one unlikely to draw much attention to herself.Ellen Hopkins -- Burned
- O'Donnell, who served in the Army Air Corps during World War II, reverts to his soldier days and snaps to attention as a sign of numb respect.Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard -- Killing Kennedy
- When it made contact with his skin, he grunted once and then reverted to silence.Kiera Cass -- The Elite
- At one time it had for a little while glowed more brilliantly again, but it speedily reverted to its sullen red heat.H.G. Wells -- The Time Machine
- He endeavoured to soothe me as a nurse does a child and reverted to my tale as the effects of delirium.Mary Shelley -- Frankenstein
- These words, uttered with severity, made Master Olivier's face revert to its insolence.Victor Hugo -- The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- "I don't know about that," and Tom's countenance darkened, for his memory reverted to his kicking.Mark Twain -- Pudd'nhead Wilson
- With this object I shall be obliged to retrace some of the steps which I have already taken, and to revert to topics which I have before discussed.Alexis de Toqueville -- Democracy In America, Volume 1
- His mind reverted to the astonishing revelations of the last half-hour.Agatha Christie -- Murder On The Orient Express