recount
verb (used with object)
to relate or narrate; tell in detail; give the facts or particulars of.
had recounted
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past perfectof recount.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The BBC contacted him after a friend who listened to the Fairy Meadow podcast emailed with details of his story, which she said he had recounted for several years.
From BBC ● Nov. 20, 2023
They talked about why they left Nicaragua and shared stories from their lives back home they had recounted only to their children or other relatives.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2022
But Hutchinson had recounted to the committee what she heard.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 9, 2022
“When Mr. Ornato had recounted this story to me, he had motioned toward his clavicles,” Hutchinson said, placing her left hand on her neck.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 29, 2022
Told him that my father had recounted to me about the time they went to the bush to fetch firewood and accidentally shook a beehive.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
