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.
  • At the end of the Seder, as guests poured their fifth and final cup, hostage families and strangers recited a prayer in unison.
    — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Apr. 2024
  • The student spent more than two hours preparing for the read-in by videotaping herself reciting the poem for self-critiques and feedback from friends.
    — Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 2 Mar. 2024
  • Moviegoers often recite Kidman’s monologue aloud along with her in the darkened theater, to the guffaws and laughter of other patrons.
    — Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 19 Mar. 2024
  • But Flynn recited this prophetic word salad with the delivery of one’s least-favorite uncle plodding through an ill-prepared wedding toast.
    — Emily Harnett, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
  • On Thursday night, from the new Torah scroll, a portion from the Simchat Torah reading was finally recited.
    — Sharon Altshul, Sun Sentinel, 19 July 2024
  • Church members gave away necklaces with olive wood crosses from Jerusalem to drivers who pulled into the parking lot and recited to them a Good Friday prayer.
    — Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 31 Mar. 2024
  • Bartholomew recited a list of grievances, all but accusing Kirill of trying to displace him and become the new arbiter of the Orthodox faith.
    — Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Organizers recited an ancient Hawaiian prayer before we were each provided a tool, and told to doff our shoes and step into the frigid waters surrounding the fields.
    — Tykesha Spivey Burton, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 July 2024
  • The pair sing together over a chorus reciting the ABCs, with Glover touching on his own dad’s death and themes of family and fatherhood.
    — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 8 July 2024
  • Miguel attempts to recite a poem while inexplicably holding a volleyball, but is only shown apologizing for forgetting the words.
    — Jillian Sederholm, EW.com, 11 July 2024
  • 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
  • His answer, again and again, was to recite a litany of failure.
    — Adam Rasgon, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2023
  • 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
  • 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 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Grayson had to recite two poems three times − once to win his English class, once to win the sophomore class, and finally to win the school.
    — The Courier-Journal, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Lopez recites her vows and then heads to the reception dance floor with three different grooms.
    — Alejandra Molina, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Some of the lists were neatly typed; others were scrawled on notepaper or recited over the telephone.
    — Meg Kelly, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Even to recite the details of the backstory feels darkly grim.
    — Tom McTague, The Atlantic, 19 Nov. 2022

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