Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for retell. Search instead for restell.
Definitions

retell

[ree-tel] / riˈtɛl /








Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Anthony Puzo, Mario Puzo's son, told Publishers Weekly: "We had been looking for someone to retell the story from a new perspective."

From Barron's ● May 14, 2026

She did not need to retell this story; she could have left it out completely, and unless you had been there, you wouldn’t have known that it ever happened.

From Salon ● Apr. 14, 2026

Now “Five Bullets,” by Elliot Williams, and “Fear and Fury,” by Heather Ann Thompson, retell the story.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026

In the years since Gemma first went to the police, she has had to retell her story to more than 20 different officers, she says.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2025

I went back to class during third period and was bombarded with requests to retell the story.

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia

He retells his memories with an unflinching gaze.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

Osbourne retells the infamous story of orally beheading an unsuspecting bat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2025

The retail industry treats it like a speed bump between Halloween and Christmas, and when history retells its origins, it’s not a holiday worth protesting to keep.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2025

Watch: “The Book of Clarence” retells the story of Jesus with irreverence, and also devotion.

From New York Times ● Jan. 16, 2024

In other words, the song relives and retells the experiences of a child in another century and makes her story highly relatable to us today.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

Instead, it will be retold as something far more epic than that.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

It’s a story that’s been retold in recent weeks amid the Andes virus outbreak on a cruise ship to show how outbreaks sometimes lead to scientific breakthroughs.

From MarketWatch ● May 17, 2026

So many moments, so many stories that will be told and retold among this generation of Dodgers fans and passed down to the next.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2026

She’s made something different from your typical adaptation, a movie that brings a fresh perspective to a very old and frequently retold tale.

From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2026

That year, 1831, when Harriet regarded herself as sufficiently grown up to wear a bandanna, she kept hearing a strange, fascinating story, told and retold, in the quarter, in the fields.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry

A perfectly normal joke becomes, in the retelling inside your own head, a terrible mistake.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

While your brother-in-law’s behavior does sound a bit caustic, at least by your retelling, I urge you to de-center yourself.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

This production feels like a fleeting moment — a reunion of friends and collaborators retelling a myth that is recounted over and over again.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

In his retelling of Homer’s epic poem, Nolan imagines Odysseus as a man haunted by the sacking of Troy.

From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026

Even by the standards of Wall Street villains whose character flaws wind up being exaggerated to fit the crime, Cassano, in the retelling, became a cartoon monster.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




Vocabulary lists containing retell


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 14,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training