recalled

Example Sentences

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“Jacob looked as if he was asleep,” she recalled.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

“We were like family,” recalled juror Ernest Desravines, 63, the sheriff’s officer.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

"We spent so many months with no fresh rations as the ships failed to reach here, or the limited vegetables they were carrying were spoiled during the long journey," she recalled.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

"I just completely froze with fear and I never, ever thought anything could scare me that much," she recalled.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

“People were running in every direction,” he recalled, as townspeople grabbed what they could and loaded wagons.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis