recite

Example Sentences

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Jacques watched Christopher as he recited the way through the maze back to her; back and forth they went, until he had it like a song, etched in his mind.

From Literature

So Isaac and Jacob carry Father up to the deck, and then we recite the Kaddish, the prayer for the dead.

From Literature

Christian priests recited prayers and hymns were sung, before the body was taken for cremation.

From BBC

The movie opens with her reciting lines from a story that casts her as a brave royal determined to reclaim a baby from a goblin king.

From Salon

Protesters, some wearing clerical stoles draped over their shoulders, knelt while singing hymns and reciting the Lord’s Prayer in frigid conditions before being handcuffed and led away, video showed.

From The Wall Street Journal