How to Use narrate in a Sentence

narrate

verb
  • The author narrates her story in great detail.
  • Then James Cameron comes out at the end and just narrates it.
    — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Those are the people who get to be hood, who get to narrate it, rep it.
    — Stephen Kearse, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2020
  • His son Jack also reads Kilmer's words to narrate much of the film.
    — Kara Warner, PEOPLE.com, 25 Aug. 2021
  • In the film, Gillis still narrates—though he’s just been shot dead, like Jay Gatsby, in the pool.
    — Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2024
  • The attack happens as Kaz narrates to the Crows about the dangerous threat of the drug.
    — Town & Country, 19 Mar. 2023
  • The book is written (and narrated) by Doughty in a What If?
    — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz India, 30 Dec. 2019
  • Right from the top of the show, Harrison's voiceover came on to narrate what was about to happen in the episode.
    — Martha Sorren, refinery29.com, 16 Mar. 2021
  • The beginning of the end of the regime is narrated by three voices.
    — Tanya Edwards, refinery29.com, 13 Jan. 2020
  • The tour enlists a team of experts to narrate each spot’s story.
    — Miami Staff, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Here are the songs that narrate Emily's version of Paris.
    — Martha Sorren, refinery29.com, 5 Oct. 2020
  • Richard Thomas, who played John Boy in the original series, is set to narrate the film.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 27 May 2021
  • The boom in audiobooks means more work for the people who narrate them—at least, for now.
    — Daniel A. Gross, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2022
  • The book is narrated by an Ohio mother of four: too many, the author thinks.
    — Nr Editors, National Review, 19 Dec. 2019
  • At least two people narrate the video and raise concerns about the man's actions.
    — Ella Lee, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2020
  • Told from the perspective of the dog, Costner narrates a story that follows the highs and lows of life.
    — Leah Hall, Country Living, 7 Mar. 2023
  • In Loedel’s novel, ghosts are a language for this open wound, a way to narrate death and loss in the absence of any kind of record.
    — Colin Dickey, The Atlantic, 5 Jan. 2022
  • While Granny's replies worked to narrate the reenactment, Sultana the polar bear's tweets stole the show.
    — Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 Dec. 2021
  • All of David’s acquaintances narrate their lives more or less like this.
    — Alejandro Chacoff, The New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2022
  • The lyrics narrate love stories that took a turn for the worst not knowing if there will ever be a second chance.
    — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 27 May 2022
  • Bardot is giving the project her full support, and will narrate the film herself.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 17 May 2022
  • So tell us who’s going to be narrating the audio version of the book.
    — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 25 May 2023
  • His father stands on the sidelines, speaking to him through a walkie talkie to narrate the visuals.
    — Alaa Elassar, CNN, 23 Oct. 2021
  • The proliferation of celeb voiceovers begs the question: Who should narrate the next one?
    — The Editors, Outside Online, 21 Dec. 2022
  • For me, the great force and beauty of the human brain lies in its ability to create language, to speak, to narrate.
    — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 May 2024
  • During the two-minute video, the comedian narrates the many phase of shaving.
    — Hanna Flanagan, PEOPLE.com, 13 Apr. 2020
  • The book blurs time and reality until Oakley herself turns up in the present to narrate the events of her life.
    — New York Times, 26 Jan. 2021
  • Pearson were tapped to narrate the season's final three episodes.
    — Dory Jackson, PEOPLE.com, 10 Jan. 2022
  • This tireless need for people to narrate their lives, Lilian thought, half listening, half sunk in amused despair.
    — Yiyun Li, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2025
  • The fallout continues over the BBC’s airing of a documentary narrated by the son of a Hamas official.
    — Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Mar. 2025

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