- present participle of recite.
reciting
Example Sentences
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We get our words “rhapsody” and “rhapsodic” from performers in ancient Greece who went around reciting epic poetry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Students reciting Annapolis’ “Midshipman Ethos” say they’re “united by our oath to defend the Constitution,” not their background.
From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026
There’s documented marginalia and scribblings that suggest a serious reader, and anecdotes about her reciting poems at parties, reading Proust on set, and expounding on Whitman, Dostoevsky and Tolstoy.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2026
Trump showed Xi videos of his granddaughter singing in Mandarin and reciting classical Chinese poetry, to which Xi responded that the girl deserved an "A+".
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
In this case, the scales used are the same as the medieval church modes, but they do not have a reciting tone and are used much more like modern major and minor scales.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
