recountal

Example Sentences

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Again, Darrow In Detroit a pallid, tense, exhausted attorney for the defense finished his plea with a recountal of the evolution of the Negro.

From Time Magazine Archive

The doctor, breaking away from the lengthy recountal of Mrs. Lorton, went upstairs to the spare room, where still sat Mr. Drake Vernon on the edge of the bed, very white, but very self-contained.

From Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden by Garvice, Charles

Indeed, a recountal of the land battles of the war of 1812 would hardly be pleasant reading for Americans.

From The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 by Abbot, Willis J. (Willis John)

The preceding day had been filled with hardship and danger—so much so that my heart sank a little at the recountal of it.

From Spanish Doubloons by Kenyon, Camilla

There was a general laugh at this recountal of old Dave’s wit, when one of the crowd mentioned that a “policeman-lookin’” fellow had got off the train and gone up to Gardiner’s.

From The Bail Jumper by Stead, Robert J. C.