Example Sentences

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I was particularly mercurial in my temperament before the events I am relating hardened me.

From The New Penelope and Other Stories and Poems by Victor, Frances Fuller

Now I pursue my sad story; and I will try never to forget that I am relating a true history, which everybody knows; which all the world has seen.

From The Pl?biscite or, A Miller's Story of the War by Chatrian, Alexandre

This document—I am relating an actual occurrence—announces with a flourish that you have unanimously been elected an honorary member of The Kalamazoo International Literary Association.

From Ponkapog Papers by Aldrich, Thomas Bailey

If told the things that I am relating to you now, they would merely laugh and scorn.

From Dorothy's Mystical Adventures in Oz by Evans, Robert J.

They are my faults, my dear George, and not yours, that I am relating.

From Coelebs In Search of a Wife by More, Hannah