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narrate

[nar-ayt, na-rayt] / ˈnær eɪt, næˈreɪt /


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After talking it through with her family and editor Elizabeth Méndez Berry, she warmed to the idea, realizing that the book didn’t have to just focus on her, that biography could also narrate community.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

"You have to narrate the story of what you are doing three or four or five times a day so that you are out there regularly," Hyman said.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

Since first emerging online in 2019 on the online bulletin board 4chan, the Backrooms phenomenon has expanded across Reddit, TikTok, YouTube and gaming platforms, where users collectively map, narrate and extend its mythology.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026

Woody Harrelson and Demi Moore narrate a hopeful film about farming practices that can restore the Earth’s depleted soil.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026

In this sticker a concrete verb in the active voice and the use of the second person narrate a concrete event: if you do this, it can kill you.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

Egged on by demagogues, Thucydides narrates, Athens embarked on a war of choice—the Sicilian expedition, the disastrous failure of which contributed to Athens’s eventual defeat in the Peloponnesian War.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

In Rent, Matarazzo plays struggling film-maker Mark, who chronicles and narrates the lives of his friends.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

The broadcaster, who turned 100 earlier this year, narrates the new six-part series exploring the darkest depths of the world's oceans, produced by the BBC Natural History Unit in Bristol.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

The Tapestry narrates how—following the death of England’s king, Edward the Confessor—William, Duke of Normandy, invaded England and defeated the last Anglo-Saxon king, Harold Godwinson, at Hastings, Sussex.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

She narrates the whole piece like it’s an essay for a French class.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed

But through journal entries from that time, narrated in the film by Diane Lane, the audience can piece together where the fear and the pride meet.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

At a launch event on Tuesday, Sir David said: "When I narrated the first Blue Planet series, it didn't occur to me that I would be narrating a third series in my centennial year."

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Tsuda is demanding TikTok remove a slew of videos narrated by a distinctively "deep" and "lustrous" voice that the 55-year-old says can only be his.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

Like a popcorn movie, the evening ended happily with a drone show in the night sky narrated by Winfrey and Jackson, and featuring images from the museum’s collection including the Cave of Altamira, N.C.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026

In pantomime, Chief Joyi would fling his spear and creep along the veld as he narrated the victories and defeats.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

“What would my cancer say if it was narrating its memoirs?” he says, going into a childlike speech impediment: “ ‘Woke up somewhat bigger than yesterday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

At a launch event on Tuesday, Sir David said: "When I narrated the first Blue Planet series, it didn't occur to me that I would be narrating a third series in my centennial year."

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

What was it like emotionally narrating Shelley’s words?

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

Smith makes treats like Skittles, gummy bears and pasta festooned with marigold petals, narrating each step in a baby-soft voice while wearing dreamy fits.

From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026

“That’s not right,” Grover murmured, but Geryon just kept narrating the tour.

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan


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