recalled

• past participle

  past participle

  A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.

  of recall.
  recall

  verb (used with object)

  to bring back from memory; recollect; remember.
• past tense form

  past tense

  Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.

  of recall.
  recall

  verb (used with object)

  to bring back from memory; recollect; remember.

Example Sentences

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recalled

"If you auditioned for the play, then you got to skip out math class," he recalled.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

The press secretary recalled the perception in 2016 was that China would soon overtake the United States.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

“You can listen at home alone, or you can feel the full energy of the crowd,” one of the attendees recalled him saying.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

“I couldn’t quite hear what was happening. I couldn’t quite decipher what I was seeing. I was like, is this part of it or is this something else?” she recalled.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

Sazonov, as he recalled the meeting years later, replied that it was not possible to stop the Russian mobilization that was now under way.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman

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