Examples of retelling in a Sentence
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The retelling is less of a brag and more of Morris simply being excited about the experience.
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Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Apr. 2024
While Cahan’s novella canted toward Jake’s perspective, Rothstein’s play is an unabashedly feminist-forward retelling.
—Rhoda Feng, Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2024
The three books are a gangster retelling of some of the foundational texts for literature: The Iliad, The Odyssey, and The Oresteia cycle.
—Sean Woods, Rolling Stone, 2 Apr. 2024
Hayao Miyazaki’s retelling of Howl’s Moving Castle is just as charming as the original tale.
—Sarah Schutte, National Review, 31 Mar. 2024
According to Jessica’s retelling, the pastor told Joe that the youth committee chairman — who was Tina’s mother — had to approve first.
—Lynsey Eidell, Peoplemag, 29 Mar. 2024
The shock running through that moment, which Charlotte includes in her retelling of the hours that followed Gershkovich’s arrest, speaks volumes about the unreality of his abduction into the Russian judicial system.
—TIME, 7 Mar. 2024
In his warped retelling, Putin said Navalny was the equivalent of former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili – or the equivalent of Ukrainians who rallied in Kyiv’s Maidan Square to oppose Ukraine’s pro-Russian president, who fled the country in early 2014.
—Nathan Hodge, CNN, 17 Feb. 2024
There’s no reason to settle for less than stellar retellings of classic tales.
—Sarah Schutte, National Review, 17 Mar. 2024
Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Apr. 2024
While Cahan’s novella canted toward Jake’s perspective, Rothstein’s play is an unabashedly feminist-forward retelling.
—Rhoda Feng, Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2024
The three books are a gangster retelling of some of the foundational texts for literature: The Iliad, The Odyssey, and The Oresteia cycle.
—Sean Woods, Rolling Stone, 2 Apr. 2024
Hayao Miyazaki’s retelling of Howl’s Moving Castle is just as charming as the original tale.
—Sarah Schutte, National Review, 31 Mar. 2024
According to Jessica’s retelling, the pastor told Joe that the youth committee chairman — who was Tina’s mother — had to approve first.
—Lynsey Eidell, Peoplemag, 29 Mar. 2024
The shock running through that moment, which Charlotte includes in her retelling of the hours that followed Gershkovich’s arrest, speaks volumes about the unreality of his abduction into the Russian judicial system.
—TIME, 7 Mar. 2024
In his warped retelling, Putin said Navalny was the equivalent of former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili – or the equivalent of Ukrainians who rallied in Kyiv’s Maidan Square to oppose Ukraine’s pro-Russian president, who fled the country in early 2014.
—Nathan Hodge, CNN, 17 Feb. 2024
There’s no reason to settle for less than stellar retellings of classic tales.
—Sarah Schutte, National Review, 17 Mar. 2024
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“Retelling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/retelling. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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