recountal
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of recountal
Example Sentences
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Again, Darrow In Detroit a pallid, tense, exhausted attorney for the defense finished his plea with a recountal of the evolution of the Negro.
From Time Magazine Archive
The recountal of his performance would doubtless afford much entertainment to the pair in the post-office.
From McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908 by Various
The doctor, breaking away from the lengthy recountal of Mrs. Lorton, went upstairs to the spare room, where still sat Mr. Drake Vernon on the edge of the bed, very white, but very self-contained.
From Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden by Garvice, Charles
There was a general laugh at this recountal of old Dave’s wit, when one of the crowd mentioned that a “policeman-lookin’” fellow had got off the train and gone up to Gardiner’s.
From The Bail Jumper by Stead, Robert J. C.
With regard to the stories reprinted, "The Last Room of All" illustrates old-world influence, surely, in its recountal of events in an age long past, the time of the Second Emperor Frederick of Swabia.
From O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920 by Various
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