recite

Example Sentences

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You’d recite or sing a song or work an arithmetic problem on the board – anything to show how you could speak up in public.

From Literature

Sereni, who recited cantos from Dante in Italian to calm his nerves, was offered a British alias for the parachuting mission.

From The Wall Street Journal

The caller at four thirty wants to know if I have any good cobbler recommendations and without even bothering to answer I recite the Tremont exchange and connect that caller to the taxi company.

From Literature

But Hegseth comes across more like the third grader reciting those lines after watching his favorite comic book movie for the umpteenth time.

From Salon

Not only does she talk, but she recites venerable nursery rhymes, backward.

From The Wall Street Journal