recalled

• past participle

  past participle

  A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.

  of recall.
  recall

  verb (used with object)

  to bring back from memory; recollect; remember.
• past tense form

  past tense

  Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.

  of recall.
  recall

  verb (used with object)

  to bring back from memory; recollect; remember.

Example Sentences

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recalled

The press secretary, who previously lived in China, recalled in an interview that the perception in 2016 was that China would soon overtake the United States.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

“It dawned on me: The moment has come,” she later recalled.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Morais recalled being like "a rabbit in the headlights" surrounded by all the stars of the show, but was also worrying about who was going to cover her shift at a cinema in London.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

“I couldn’t quite hear what was happening. I couldn’t quite decipher what I was seeing. I was like, is this part of it or is this something else?” she recalled.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

“Miss Myrt was not one of us,” Preacher Parr recalled.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

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