reciter

Example Sentences

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It began with Childs, who was dancer, choreographer and reciter in Glass’ “Einstein on the Beach,” sharing excerpts from that seminal Glass/Wilson music theater masterpiece.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

Most Muslims follow a tradition of having a reciter read the entire Koran to the community during Ramadan, one part per night.

From Washington Post • Apr. 11, 2021

Byrne recalls his mother, a reciter of poetry and old Victorian songs, a lover of language, a dispenser of the Irish folk wisdom known in Gaelic as “Seanfhocail,” a woman consumed by housework and child-rearing.

From New York Times • Jan. 7, 2021

Showing the face of the reciter doesn’t quite seem to rise to the level of “necessary.”

From Slate • Aug. 7, 2017

The reciter grew very tired at the last.

From Basque Legends With an Essay on the Basque Language by Webster, Wentworth