RECITE in a Sentence

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75 example sentences for RECITE, such as:

1. I went to a violin recital today.
2. He recited the poem to the class.
3. The poet recited some of her recent poems.
4. The meagre Latin class recited with honor.
5. He was forced to listen to a recital of his many shortcomings.

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 Meanings and Examples of RECITE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
recite
 v.  repeat, as something already prepared, written down, committed to memory; rehearse, as a lesson to an instructor
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.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
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.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
3  "Ella, come on and recite 'Old Sweetheart of Mine,' for us," demanded Sam.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
4  When I left the kitchen he was about to recite the opening lines of the piece to my aunt.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In ARABY
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.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In A MOTHER
6  was declaimed with the painful precision of a schoolgirl who has been taught to recite by some second-rate professor of elocution.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 7
7  When they came to recite their lessons, not one of them knew his verses perfectly, but had to be prompted all along.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
8  I could recite you the whole of Thucydides, Xenophon, Plutarch, Titus Livius, Tacitus, Strada, Jornandes, Dante, Montaigne, Shakespeare, Spinoza, Machiavelli, and Bossuet.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 16. A Learned Italian.
9  Also, he started to recite poetry to Sobakevitch, who blinked as he listened, for he greatly desired to go to sleep.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER VII
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.
The Inspector General By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In ACT IV
11  Often I would have to walk several miles at night in order to recite my night-school lessons.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter II.
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.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
13  The meagre Latin class recited with honor.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
14  The humorous poem was admirably recited, and the speaker much applauded.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian Andersen
Context  Highlight   In THE SHOES OF FORTUNE
15  You would hardly have recited your touching history before it would go forth to the world, and be deemed unlikely and unnatural.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 56. Andrea Cavalcanti.
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.