recite
verb (used with object)
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner.
had recited
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past perfectof recite.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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When called to join the contest, he announced that we contestants had recited the numbers too slowly, and proceeded to impress us with a rapid rendition of perhaps a couple dozen digits.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 20, 2020
Once, after I had recited Auden’s “The Fall of Rome” during his office hours, Derek said, “My god! Are you chewing gum? That was like an audition for ‘Guys and Dolls.’
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 25, 2017
In 1890, a girl in Edison’s laboratory had recited:
From New York Times ● May 4, 2015
He had recited the official oath correctly a day earlier, on Jan. 20, the inauguration date mandated by the Constitution.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 22, 2013
This was the same Vonetta who had recited “We Real Cool” until it drove Cecile to a cussing fit This was Vonetta who had said, “We should do this poem.”
From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia
