How to Use recite in a Sentence

recite

verb
Definition of recitenext
Synonyms for recitenext
  • He can easily recite all the facts about any player on the team.
  • He recited the poem with great feeling.
  • He began to recite from the Koran.
  • People come up to me on the street and recite my lines.
    — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 28 July 2021
  • But, in the end, Nixon could not bring himself to recite the script.
    — Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Dua Qunoot is recited in the Witr salah, which is the last cycle of prayer in the evening Isha salah.
    — Manal Aman, Woman's Day, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Preller can still recite the sales pitch, word for word.
    — Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Aug. 2022
  • The roll call of great Longhorn quarterbacks doesn’t take long to recite.
    — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 13 Oct. 2022
  • To be fair, Mr. Collins is sometimes pressed to recite lyrics to his own old songs, his wife says.
    — John Jurgensen, WSJ, 11 Feb. 2022
  • His answer, again and again, was to recite a litany of failure.
    — Adam Rasgon, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2023
  • The story, which Denman can now recite by heart, goes back to a test flight.
    — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Aug. 2021
  • Many settle in the area, and recite their connection to the post like the title on a business card.
    — Noah Robertson, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Aug. 2023
  • The diver moves side to side while reciting lines and playing monstrous sounds from the sea floor.
    — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 24 July 2024
  • Though many of them can recite the Bible from memory, they haven’t been taught to read and write.
    — A.o. Scott, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2022
  • More than 100 sound systems have been installed to recite the call to prayer.
    — Jack Jeffery, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The chaplain began to recite a prayer with the members of Congress.
    — NBC News, 26 Aug. 2021
  • Then the voice began to recite a series of nonsense words.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 6 Jan. 2022
  • The Bureau added that Bateman made the girls recite that there was no adultery, darkness or guilt in the acts.
    — Miguel Torres, The Arizona Republic, 8 Dec. 2022
  • Davis recited her speech with the fervor of a monologue, though this was no act.
    — Hannah Malach, WWD, 6 Oct. 2024
  • He’s peppered the air and our ears with a long list of pet phrases that an entire state can recite by heart.
    — Kevin Scarbinsky | Special To Al.com, al, 7 Aug. 2022
  • There are a bunch of scenes where characters pray or recite a couple of lines in Old Norse.
    — Mónica Marie Zorrilla, Variety, 24 Feb. 2022
  • The little guy is too young (at least by the standards of his species) to talk, and thus too young to recite the Creed and don a helmet full-time.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 22 Mar. 2023
  • While shooting, Nichols needed a teleprompter to recite her lines.
    — al, 16 Aug. 2021
  • By writing the spells of objects to be placed inside a coffin, the mummy could recite the spells.
    — Mac Stone, Discover Magazine, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Davis recited from Psalm 119, the same verse used to open Hallie’s baptism.
    — Michael Williams, Dallas News, 28 Mar. 2023
  • At other times, people stand at her counter and recite their grievances to her face.
    — Paul Schwartzman, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2022
  • When the crowd filtered out, Zahra’s sister Suad, 62, came out reciting a mourning chant.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024
  • For two hours, the monks recited rhythmic blessings and prayers, keeping the beat with a wooden block.
    — Michelle Ye Hee Lee, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2023
  • In the clip for the seminal crime-comedy’s 30th anniversary, Jackson is seen sitting on a couch casually reciting the passage that describes the extent of the Lord’s anger and vengeance.
    — Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2024
  • Each person sang a traditional song, recited its lyrics, played an instrumental version of its melody, then described its meaning.
    — Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024

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