narrate
verb (used with object)
to give an account or tell the story of (events, experiences, etc.).
were narrating
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past progressiveof narrate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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He writes about them as if he were narrating a trailer for a horror film.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
Mr. Burroughs, a 77-year-old chartered accountant, speaks carefully and barely above a whisper, as if he were narrating a golf tournament.
From New York Times ● Dec. 23, 2021
He also told me what happened the second after that photo was taken, as though he were narrating the next few frames of a news reel.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 31, 2018
To the assembled rows of students in blue uniforms, the senior girl making the announcement described Philadelphia’s black neighborhoods in a dramatic voice, as if she were narrating an adventure story.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 3, 2014
Condy told the story in the first person, as if Billy Isham's partner were narrating scenes and events in which he himself had moved.
From Blix by Frank Norris
