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.
  • 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
  • Prysner had planned to recite some names of the dead, but he was hustled out of the auditorium.
    — New York Times, 8 June 2022
  • At a town hall in Iowa this week, audience members recited lines from his ads back to him.
    — Nnamdi Egwuonwu, NBC News, 17 Aug. 2023
  • The rapper-poet performed the song from a couch while appearing to recite the lyrics from a notebook.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 6 July 2023
  • The children prepared a two-minute speech about their last birthday and recited the speech in front of a video camera and a mirror.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Streisand, Gould has said, recited her phone number at the end of her audition for a callback.
    — Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Tombstone is a classic that my father and I, at one point in our lives, could recite back and forth, verbatim.
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2022
  • On Wednesday, a group of Bostonians will take turns reciting the same speech at a public market in Somerville.
    — Nicole Kagan, BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2023
  • Jewish congregations will recite special prayers and songs to mark the new year.
    — Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 9 Sep. 2023

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