How to Use recitation in a Sentence

recitation

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  • The event will include recitation of the Rosary, songs, and prayers.
    — cleveland, 5 Oct. 2019
  • That is followed by a salute to the flag and the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance.
    — Gina Grillo, chicagotribune.com, 19 June 2018
  • But first comes the inevitable recitation of what was brought.
    — Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 12 Mar. 2018
  • Legal opinions begin with a recitation of the facts of the case.
    — Joe Palazzolo, WSJ, 31 Jan. 2017
  • Rarely is it mentioned during the recitation of that list that then-Sen.
    — WSJ, 25 Oct. 2021
  • The event included a recitation of the names of the people killed in the nightclub shooting.
    — Phil Diehl, sandiegouniontribune.com, 12 June 2017
  • And that’s the thing, an incomplete recitation of facts is not a wrong recitation of facts!
    — Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 27 Mar. 2023
  • It’s been as much performance art as a mere recitation of a set list.
    — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 11 July 2023
  • Former Mayor Brown, who turned 87 in March, began the program with a somber recitation of the day the earth shook and the sky burned.
    — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Apr. 2021
  • If greatness is to be achieved through recitation alone, Harlow is off to a great start.
    — Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker, 12 May 2022
  • In the workshop, the only sounds were the scratching of pick against plaster, a fan and a recitation of the Quran playing in the background.
    — Raja Abdulrahim, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The visitation was followed by recitation of the rosary and a Mass at noon.
    — Ann Maloney, nola.com, 10 June 2019
  • Her issuance of a 'trigger warning' before her recitation does not lessen the pain caused by the use of the word.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 27 Feb. 2020
  • No, that is not a recitation of the table of contents of the newest issue of Travel and Leisure.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 June 2022
  • Cox’s words — and the recitation of the oath — were met with another round of rousing applause.
    — Ivy Scott, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Nov. 2022
  • Linus' recitation of the birth of Jesus, as described in Luke 2: 8-14.
    — Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Nov. 2021
  • The 510-page transcript of the ship’s recorder offered a chilling recitation of the crew’s final minutes.
    — Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2017
  • Sure, there is stretching, centered breathing and the recitation of mantras.
    — Bridgette M. Redman, Chron, 17 June 2021
  • The four-day trial was a fairly routine recitation of the facts behind both charges.
    — Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2024
  • The trail opened with a ribbon-cutting and recitation of a poem composed for the event by Mike Sarkkinen, of Portage.
    — Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2022
  • To seek the expression, to seek the vocabulary, to not have the language available to me as a kind of recitation.
    — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 19 Feb. 2021
  • Each section in Septology ends with a recitation of the Ave Maria—in Latin.
    — Ruth Margalit, The New York Review of Books, 23 Sep. 2021
  • The story, which reads as a simple recitation of the facts, portrays the decision to use the bomb as one made with sagacious care.
    — Andy Kifer, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 July 2023
  • Carter said Fedon-Keyt's recitation of the facts is not accurate.
    — Jim Schaefer, Detroit Free Press, 29 Jan. 2018
  • The relentless recitation of such acts makes for grim reading.
    — Lauren Benton, Foreign Affairs, 21 June 2022
  • Simply gulp lungs full of air for a long recitation of the 14 Emmy Awards and the nine times he was named national broadcaster of the year.
    — Bryce Miller, sandiegouniontribune.com, 10 Mar. 2018
  • To its credit, the film does not open with a long and boring recitation of how Peter Parker got his powers.
    — Michael Sangiacomo, cleveland.com, 3 July 2017
  • This recitation of the story belies how plotless the movie feels, as Wanda drifts, moved along by the actions of others.
    — Nicole Rudick, The New York Review of Books, 3 Aug. 2021
  • While some of the text is a high-minded defense of inalienable rights, much of it is a recitation of historic grievances.
    — Anthony Lydgate, WIRED, 6 Sep. 2022
  • Amanda’s bald recitation of the Pokémon theme song’s lyrics was endearing.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2024

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