recount
Example Sentences
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More than forty years later, Dorothy would laugh as she recounted the moment.
From Literature
In a speech that left some MPs visibly moved, 87-year-old Friedman recounted her experiences as a survivor of the Auschwitz extermination camp and appealed on those present to "use your power to fight".
From Barron's
I recount all the things Alex and his dad told me about the Spirit of the Sea the night before.
From Literature
Details of the killings—and the anger they have unleashed—are gradually trickling out of the country as more Iranians share evidence and recount their experiences to friends, relatives and activists abroad.
Le Carré, who died at age 89 in 2020, recounts in his autobiography “The Pigeon Tunnel” how he discovered the case in his mother Olive’s home shortly after her death in 1989.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
