- present participle of retell.
retelling
Example Sentences
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Retelling the story almost four years later, Pondexter still can’t believe it.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2025
The King prize for illustration was awarded to Frank Morrison for “Standing in the Need of Prayer: A Modern Retelling of the Classic Spiritual,” written by Carole Boston Weatherford.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 30, 2023
Retelling her story, Serchook recalls the day in 1941 when as a child she and her family tried to escape danger.
From Reuters • Jan. 26, 2023
Retelling the story more than two months later, Sergeant Talarico started to cry again.
From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2022
Retelling a story that has just been read and discussed, with a change of incident perhaps, would also not be a bad sort of exercise, writing passages in imitation of set passages and the like.
From Mankind in the Making by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
Vocabulary lists containing retelling
Literary Terms, Grade 8, Units 2–3
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Conventions, Writing to Sources, and Speaking & Listening (Unit 1)
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Additional Literary Terms, Unit 5
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