How to Use recant in a Sentence

recant

verb
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  • Witnesses threatened to recant their testimony when the court released their names to the paper.
  • Galileo was placed under house arrest and forced to recant his views as heresy.
    — Adam B. Cohen, Scientific American, 1 July 2018
  • Some may recant out of fear, shame or a sense of loyalty to the foster parent.
    — Allie Morris, ExpressNews.com, 6 Mar. 2020
  • But at the first date of the court hearing, last November, Burns, now fifty-two, recanted on the witness stand.
    — Jennifer Gonnerman, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2019
  • The two stars reunited for Netflix's Tudum to recant some of their favorite moments on the Josie and the Pussycats set.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 22 Apr. 2023
  • In the months leading up to trial, two of Noor’s victims recanted.
    — Aimee Green, OregonLive.com, 19 Feb. 2018
  • In early 2022, Mazars dropped Trump and the company as clients, and recanted a decade of those statements.
    — Clare Hymes, Ash Kalmar, CBS News, 10 Oct. 2023
  • The charges against Beard were dropped when his fiance recanted her story.
    — Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2023
  • The pope said the Catholic Church rejected antisemitism and called on Williamson to recant his comments.
    — Claire Parker, Washington Post, 31 Dec. 2022
  • Why would Mizuhara and the Ohtani spokesperson recant their original version of events?
    — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Casey White allegedly confessed to the killing of the mother of two at her Rogersville home but later recanted.
    — Sara Smart, CNN, 5 May 2023
  • Still, those same friends lament Pesina’s stubborn refusal to recant his falsehoods.
    — David L. Craddock, Ars Technica, 8 Oct. 2022
  • Where Galileo sold out and recanted, Bannon explained, Bruno was a real hero.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Armstrong’s story was the first step in creating a pivotal scene in the premiere: the one in which the detectives lead Marie to recant her statement.
    — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2019
  • Officials again changed the story to say Bradford had brandished a weapon, only to recant the word brandish.
    — Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN, 25 Nov. 2019
  • In a dramatic turnabout, Ernest recanted on the stand before changing his mind and confessing to his role in the killings.
    — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Oct. 2023
  • But that person recanted the claim Wednesday night on Twitter.
    — Alex Pappas, Fox News, 28 Sep. 2018
  • The victim sued him and Minaj in August, alleging the couple tried to force her to recant her account of the incident.
    — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 10 Sep. 2021
  • Small-time criminal James Earl Ray pleaded guilty to the killing and quickly recanted, claiming he was set up.
    — The Washington Post, cleveland.com, 9 Apr. 2018
  • For refusing to recant her faith, she was imprisoned with her nine-month-old son on Christmas Eve.
    — Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 19 July 2021
  • Instead, the defectors are expected to recant all of their views.
    — Jane Coaston, Vox, 15 Nov. 2018
  • Since then, Hough says in the interview, the couple has enlisted several people known to both them and Hough to try and force her to recant her claims about the assault.
    — Tayo Bero, refinery29.com, 22 Aug. 2021
  • Two years later, Rocky Fugett, serving a 75-year sentence, recanted his claim that Davis had been involved.
    — Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2018
  • Haddish and Spears denied this and less than a month later, the Jane Doe asked a judge to dismiss the case and released a statement recanting the accusation.
    — Amy Kaufman, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
  • But the children later recanted some of the stories of abuse after speaking to their mother, Maria Barron said.
    — Garrett Therolf, latimes.com, 24 June 2018
  • Lee, now 55, and Kelley, 53, confessed but soon recanted.
    — Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2018
  • One of the witnesses has since recanted much of her testimony against Sparks.
    — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2023
  • Reed Smith's most recent report suggests that Sneed intended to recant at one point.
    — Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 26 Sep. 2022
  • Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich supported calls to raze the village, only to recant them.
    — Amos Yadlin, Foreign Affairs, 7 Mar. 2023
  • But in October 2021, Aviles gave a lengthy interview to Porter’s legal team recanting her testimony and alleging she had been coerced by two detectives, the motion states.
    — Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 24 Apr. 2024

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