Example Sentences

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A virtual library brings together some of the key books for the singer, who was a college dropout and recounts in a video that reading only became a passion when he was 28.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

Mr. Strausbaugh recounts his subject’s hijinks gleefully, firmly embedding Duchamp at the center of New York’s 20th-century art scene.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

Lee recounts a rigmarole of joys and traumas—a trip to the circus, a bad breakup, a house fire—which all fail to leave much of an impression.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

It is also recorded in her diary, which recounts how she took an early coach to London costing £14, then a train and then a taxi.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Herrero recounts an incident that nicely conveys the near indestructibility of the grizzly.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson