- present tense form of narrate (3rd person singular).
narrates
Example Sentences
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In “Young Men and Fire” he vividly narrates how a wildfire the crew initially expected to control suddenly erupts into a “blowup,” a wall of flame racing uphill faster than the young men can run.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Felice Romani’s libretto also has an unusual—rather meta—construction: It includes a poet who is trying to write an opera buffa and narrates the events, a nod to Mozart’s “Così fan tutte.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Fred Melamed, as a mailman who narrates the story, seems desperate for a laugh, and doesn’t earn many.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Farrell, who also narrates in a soft voice, often wears a look of shy incomprehension, as if a beat behind in translating the world around him, a stranger in a strange land.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
She narrates the whole piece like it’s an essay for a French class.
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
