- present tense form of narrate (3rd person singular).
narrates
Example Sentences
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Octavius and Agrippa were devastated, as the novel narrates, but they learned more shocking news.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Fred Melamed, as a mailman who narrates the story, seems desperate for a laugh, and doesn’t earn many.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Farrell, who also narrates in a soft voice, often wears a look of shy incomprehension, as if a beat behind in translating the world around him, a stranger in a strange land.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
The show could help humanize tech titans, even those known for revolutionizing artificial intelligence and defense tech, said Mike Solana, Founders Fund’s Chief Marketing Officer, who hosts and narrates the game.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
He narrates a series of events with the confidence that anyone looking at them will know what they imply, because the examples he has chosen are exact.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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