recite
verb (used with object)
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner.
is reciting
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present progressiveof recite (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“You don’t want to be the person who is reciting your CV and listing off movies.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2025
“Everyone is reciting incantations that in no case can we allow World War III,” he said in a Russian television interview.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 26, 2022
“Everyone is reciting incantations that in no case can we allow World War III,” he said in a wide-ranging interview on Russian television.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 25, 2022
One minute, she says she has no interest in poetry and the next she is reciting a heart-rending lyric she claims to have written herself.
From New York Times ● Sep. 1, 2020
My sister is reciting fairy tales and patriotic songs since the grown-ups haven’t been paying her attention.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
