retell
verb (used with object)
to tell (a story, tale, etc.) over again or in a new way.
have retold
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present perfectof retell.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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I wanted to hear the story, which I have retold countless times, from his point of view.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2023
They have retold the plot of Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment in 30 minutes and a modern setting, and turned Thomas Hardy's The Three Strangers into a western.
From Time Magazine Archive
But, indeed, Ranger Coffee's story of the last of the Duanes has haunted me, and I have given full rein to imagination and have retold it in my own way.
From The Lone Star Ranger, a romance of the border by Zane Grey
In the tales as I have retold them for you, I hope you will not find any of these faults.
From King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls by Henry Gilbert
I noticed that the captain bared his head as he passed it, and, during the evening, he told me the gallant, stirring story, which I have retold in my novel, “Remember the Alamo.”
From All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
