How to Use retell in a Sentence

retell

verb
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  • Of course, the video quickly aims to retell a much longer story.
    — Rachel E. Greenspan, Time, 8 Nov. 2019
  • What was the process of curating and retelling the story of The Supremes through style over words?
    — Heran Mamo, Billboard, 16 Sep. 2019
  • This will surely be a story for the couples to retell over the years ahead.
    — Perri Ormont Blumberg, Southern Living, 21 May 2020
  • The Bible instructs Jews to retell the story of Esther each Purim.
    — Esther Brownsmith, The Conversation, 21 Mar. 2024
  • No one would need a show that retold the same blockbuster movie.
    — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 28 Jan. 2024
  • Her maid Ellen Bird was one of the survivors who got on a lifeboat and was later able to retell the encounter.
    — Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 22 June 2023
  • Isbell’s arc has been told and retold, from yours truly to The New York Times.
    — Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 9 Apr. 2023
  • Find a case study that can be retold in a light and engaging way.
    — Lisa Bennett, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
  • These are the stories that have to be told and retold, honored and cherished.
    — Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2019
  • As the driver would later retell in a court filing, the nurse assured him the answer was no.
    — USA Today, 1 Nov. 2021
  • For the rest of the season the Mavericks broadcast crew made sure to point out the Thompsons and retell their story.
    — Dallas News, 11 June 2021
  • The movie will retell the story of Peter Pan, one of the fan-favorites from the Disney collection.
    — Ale Russian, PEOPLE.com, 8 July 2020
  • Nat Geo’s biodrama series switches over to the world of music to retell the life of Aretha Franklin.
    — Keith Phipps, Rolling Stone, 28 Feb. 2021
  • And retell for us, really, the steps that the company had to go through to get this out into the market.
    — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 26 Apr. 2023
  • The classic story retells the tale of Belle and the Beast, who is really a young prince trapped under the spell of an enchantress.
    — Lisa Herendeen, The Mercury News, 22 July 2019
  • Society of the Snow aims to retell the story of the Uruguayan rugby team which, en route to Chile in 1972, crash-landed on a glacier in the heart of the Andes.
    — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 June 2023
  • As ever after, it's written by the winners, the Greeks who have won a war with the Persians (retold in the film 300).
    — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Jan. 2020
  • Just hearing the story retold feels like too much, right?
    — Helena Andrews-Dyer, Washington Post, 4 July 2023
  • Hulu isn't the first platform to retell the disturbing case at Sarah Lawrence and its ringleader.
    — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 8 Feb. 2023
  • Many others have retold the story of the case, the criminals, and the family as well.
    — Alissa Wilkinson, Vox, 8 Aug. 2019
  • As seen in the film’s trailer, a mix of live action and animation is used to retell the story.
    — al, 27 Oct. 2021
  • Alfie Koman, a shy matzah, tries to retell the story of Passover, but the school sourdough, Loaf, takes over and stirs trouble.
    — Penny Schwartz, sun-sentinel.com, 10 Mar. 2021
  • What inspired you to retell the story of Hamlet in the context of modern Turkey?
    — Jd Linville, Variety, 3 Sep. 2021
  • One way to retell the story was to go over-the-top — showing the bloody underwater crime scene and limbs being hacked off.
    — Mark Kennedy, Star Tribune, 27 Jan. 2021
  • These are the kind of holidays that prompt stories that will be retold for a lifetime.
    — Thomas Page, CNN, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Those in Canyons Village can take in live music while retelling stories of the day’s adventures on the slopes at Après Pendry.
    — William Curtis, Travel + Leisure, 24 Mar. 2023
  • So, this really is the end — unless James plans to retell it once again, from the point of view of the housekeeper, the bodyguard — or the riding crop.
    — Washington Post, 29 June 2021
  • On that call with Letterman, Jack retold a famous story about a beaver from the show.
    — Mike Wagner, USA TODAY, 21 June 2023
  • Williams has curated a space for Black women to shop for pieces that already have a story that can be retold through them.
    — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 28 June 2024
  • Events from here, by the Captain’s telling (yes, he’s still imprisoned, retelling his story to that North Vietnamese commander), get a bit fuzzy.
    — Terry Nguyen, Vulture, 12 May 2024

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