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 ideal that is faintly shadowed in The Sea Lady is more ethereal, less practical; the story, despite the naturalistic, half-cynical manner of its recountal, has the elements of romance.

From H. G. Wells by Beresford, J. D. (John Davys)

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.

He was minded to jest about the pessimist, but, to his great surprise, the hunchback listened to his recountal with a very grave face.

From Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story by Springer, Norman

As an eyewitness recountal of the extraordinary lives and powers of modern Hindu saints, the book has importance both timely and timeless.

From Autobiography of a Yogi by Yogananda, Paramahansa