narrate
verb (used with object)
to give an account or tell the story of (events, experiences, etc.).
have narrated
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present perfectof narrate.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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James Baldwin could have narrated “Get Out,” like Joe Gillis hovering over “Sunset Boulevard”—a posthumous prophetic ghost bearing witness to the ghoulish events.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 27, 2017
He could have narrated his first jaunt for a hot dog for all I cared.
From New York Times ● Jul. 12, 2010
The mother died twelve, and the uncle fifteen years after the events I have narrated.
From The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First by Carlo Gozzi
While the brief conversation which I have narrated took place between the brigand and the young cavalier, the successful party had drawn closer and closer round their adversaries, and were busily disarming and tying them.
From Corse de Leon, Volume I (of 2) or, The Brigand; a Romance by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James
The details I have narrated are facts, and I will prove them to be facts so all may know them.
From Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated by Thomas William Lawson
