recounts

VERB

tell a story

Synonyms

STRONGEST

convey depict describe detail narrate portray recap recite rehash relate repeat tell

STRONG

delineate echo enumerate itemize picture recapitulate rehearse report state track unload verbalize

WEAK

break a story give an account of play back run by again run down run through say again

Antonyms

STRONGEST

conceal confuse hide misrepresent mix up suppress withhold

WEAK

repress

Example Sentences

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Ms. Torghele recounts how, upon their arrival at Ellis Island in 1921, immigrants were scrutinized for signs of disease.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 21, 2026

The book recounts Vance's conversion to Catholicism, a long road from the vaguely defined Christianity of his beloved, gunpacking grandmother who cared for him for most of his childhood.

From Barron's • Jun. 18, 2026

One Moneyist reader recounts a similar dilemma from her own life.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 17, 2026

It is also recorded in her diary, which recounts how she took an early coach to London costing £14, then a train and then a taxi.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

For the prologue, he recounts the story of the woman with the calabash.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie