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 Grey, Zane

I have retold the stories in a way that I hope will please American children.

From Czechoslovak Fairy Tales by Fillmore, Parker

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 Gilbert, Henry