RECITE in a Sentence
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75 example sentences for RECITE, such as:
1. He recited the poem to the class.
2. I went to a violin recital today.
3. The meagre Latin class recited with honor.
4. The poet recited some of her recent poems.
5. He was forced to listen to a recital of his many shortcomings.
2. I went to a violin recital today.
3. The meagre Latin class recited with honor.
4. The poet recited some of her recent poems.
5. He was forced to listen to a recital of his many shortcomings.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of RECITE
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recite
v. recite in elocution
v. repeat aloud from memory
Classic Sentence: (66 in 5 pages)
1 Even small children could recite with hate and fear the horrors the Yankees had inflicted upon the conquered territory.
2 He charmed gatherings there with his wit and seldom needed much urging to recite his "Sword of Lee" or his deathless "Conquered Banner," which never failed to make the ladies cry.
3 "Ella, come on and recite 'Old Sweetheart of Mine,' for us," demanded Sam.
4 When I left the kitchen he was about to recite the opening lines of the piece to my aunt.
5 In another corner of the room were Mrs. Kearney and her husband, Mr. Bell, Miss Healy and the young lady who had to recite the patriotic piece.
6 was declaimed with the painful precision of a schoolgirl who has been taught to recite by some second-rate professor of elocution.
7 When they came to recite their lessons, not one of them knew his verses perfectly, but had to be prompted all along.
8 I could recite you the whole of Thucydides, Xenophon, Plutarch, Titus Livius, Tacitus, Strada, Jornandes, Dante, Montaigne, Shakespeare, Spinoza, Machiavelli, and Bossuet.
9 Also, he started to recite poetry to Sobakevitch, who blinked as he listened, for he greatly desired to go to sleep.
10 He can recite different poems by heart; and whenever he gets hold of a penknife, he makes little carriages as skilfully as a conjurer.
11 Often I would have to walk several miles at night in order to recite my night-school lessons.
12 A very little boy stood up and sheepishly recited, "You'd scarce expect one of my age to speak in public on the stage," etc.
13 The meagre Latin class recited with honor.
14 The humorous poem was admirably recited, and the speaker much applauded.
15 You would hardly have recited your touching history before it would go forth to the world, and be deemed unlikely and unnatural.
Example Sentence:
1 Though I bow my head in church and recite the prayers, sometimes I don't feel properly reverent.
2 He recited the poem to the class.
3 The poet recited some of her recent poems.
4 The Mayor recited to the Queen a long and tedious speech of welcome.
5 He recited the passage by rote and gave no indication he understood what he was saying.
6 The pianist gave a long and varied recital, with a couple of encores for good measure.
7 I went to a violin recital today.
8 He was forced to listen to a recital of his many shortcomings.
9 However, they worried through, and each got his reward -- in small blue tickets, each with a passage of Scripture on it; each blue ticket was pay for two verses of the recitation.