Used in a Sentence

recounted

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for recounted.

Editorial note

Than means around 6% of the recounted votes were annulled.[29][30] Wow.

Examples16
Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

To tell; narrate; to relate in detail.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of recounted gathered in one view.

verb

To tell; narrate; to relate in detail.

verb

To count again.

verb

(dated) To rehearse; to enumerate.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for recounted.

verb

To tell; narrate; to relate in detail.

verb

To count again.

verb

(dated) To rehearse; to enumerate.

Example sentences

1

Than means around 6% of the recounted votes were annulled.[29][30] Wow.

2

Kingsley Amis wrote what was probably the best description of a hangover, as recounted by Dick Cavett here...

3

She once recounted a conversation she had about careers and job-hunting with her Boomer grandfather.

4

She then immediately recounted the day she and her entire floor were laid off unceremoniously.

5

When was the last time graphic torture or rape was recounted in a graduation speech?

6

A total of 237,736 votes were annulled out of the approximately 4 million votes recounted.

7

For example, one roommate recounted me insisting that I needed to fill up the water tank in my car.

8

As recounted by pg: >>In The Periodic Table, Primo Levi tells a story that happened when he was working in a varnish factory.

9

Occasionally we've tried to think of problems that other people will have, but without any (direct or recounted first-hand) experience of a problem working out a solution is exceptionally hard.

10

More amusing than the article itself are several stories recounted here.

11

James Woolsey, then director of the Central Intelligence Agency, recounted in a newspaper article in 2000 how the American government typically reacted to intelligence of this sort.

12

That's not that much shorter than the generally accepted time between the time of the events recounted in the gospels and the time that the canonical gospels were written.

Quote examples

1

In that case "we" refers to the two of them, and not to those of us in the audience to whom that conversation is being recounted.

2

I think it is in part a fantastic re-imagining of Delaney's own early years as recounted more prosodically in "Heavenly Breakfast"[2].

3

McCulloch reportedly said that the woman “recounted a story right out of the newspaper" that backed Wilson’s version of events surrounding the fatal shooting that occurred Aug.

4

“This happened so many times.” Other refugees recounted similar stories.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use recounted in a sentence?

Than means around 6% of the recounted votes were annulled.[29][30] Wow.

What does recounted mean?

To tell; narrate; to relate in detail.

What part of speech is recounted?

recounted is commonly used as verb.