recount
verb (used with object)
to relate or narrate; tell in detail; give the facts or particulars of.
were recounting
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past progressiveof recount.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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While victims were recounting their experiences and their subsequent ongoing trauma, Davidson sat reading a book in the dock.
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026
As we began the journey back and were recounting our favorite moments from the trip, she lay down in her carrier and promptly went to sleep.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 1, 2021
Aging rock stars in long-look-back mode often describe their first guitar or their first piece of vinyl with near-mythic language, as though they were recounting pulling a sword from a stone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2018
As he muttered his answers, and Peter interpreted, Joost's eyes were bright blue with enthusiasm and energy for the stories we were recounting.
From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2017
He talked as though he were recounting the plan of some delightful recreation, and the girl lay and watched his handsome face in the play of the firelight and rejoiced in it.
From The Man of the Desert by Grace Livingston Hill
