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

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)

When I used the word 'pace,' I had a certain graphic illustration in my mind—an incident I once heard from the manager of a railway—the recountal of which will show your Majesty what I mean.

From King John of Jingalo The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties by Housman, Laurence

Of the trivial encounters that go to complete the naval annals of the year, only the briefest recountal is necessary.

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

Little Billy's recountal, and his own responses and interjections, all seemed part of a melodrama which, played out, would vanish and leave him secure in his accustomed law-abiding world.

From Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story by Springer, Norman