Example Sentences

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His concern was not that Grenada was recapitulating any past disaster; on the contrary, it was creating for the islands of the English-speaking Caribbean a wholly new one.

From Time Magazine Archive

She was recapitulating what they had not said, but what the two were thinking of at the same time.

From Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel by Jordan, Charlotte Brewster

I had now balanced advantages and disadvantages together, and was recapitulating the whole.

From In Accordance with the Evidence by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]

This was a wily speech; for Richard was recapitulating the very arguments which were presenting themselves to the old man's mind.

From Bred in the Bone by Payn, James

Paul was recapitulating to Lydia the advantages of the location of their house.

From The Squirrel-Cage by Williams, John Alanzo