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
When I used the word 'pace,' I had a certain graphic illustration in my mind—an incident I once heard from the manager of a railway—the recountal of which will show your Majesty what I mean.
From King John of Jingalo The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties by Laurence Housman
Little Billy's recountal, and his own responses and interjections, all seemed part of a melodrama which, played out, would vanish and leave him secure in his accustomed law-abiding world.
From Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story by Norman Springer
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 ideal that is faintly shadowed in The Sea Lady is more ethereal, less practical; the story, despite the naturalistic, half-cynical manner of its recountal, has the elements of romance.
From H. G. Wells by J. D. (John Davys) Beresford
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