adapt

Example Sentences

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"It's just reading the game and adapting - that's the biggest word at the moment in our changing room," he said.

From BBC

Rebecca Yarros has found success with books including Onyx Storm, part of her Empyrean series which is currently being adapted for TV.

From BBC

The boys, then aged between five and 12, spent several months away from home shooting Lord of the Flies, which has been adapted for TV for the first time.

From BBC

Done correctly, this could be brilliant — a completely fresh and unexpected way to adapt an oft-remade story.

From Salon

By the early 1930s, Bing Crosby had created a distinctively American vocal style—low-key, expressive—which was adapted by Billie Holiday and Frank Sinatra.

From The Wall Street Journal