as in to describe
to give an oral or written account of in some detail
got a CD of the best-selling children's story that happened to be narrated by the author herself
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Recent Examples of narrate
Told in the voices of ordinary men and women narrating their experiences, the books address landmark events including the invasion of Afghanistan and the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
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New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
Hypershell narrates its own introduction in the quick video below.
—New Atlas, 7 Oct. 2025
Bing Crosby, whose soothing baritone has the power to transport any listener to simpler times, narrates the tale.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Oct. 2025
This leads to her descent into a vicious vortex narrated with Greek tragedy tropes.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 2 Oct. 2025
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New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
Hypershell narrates its own introduction in the quick video below.
—New Atlas, 7 Oct. 2025
Bing Crosby, whose soothing baritone has the power to transport any listener to simpler times, narrates the tale.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Oct. 2025
This leads to her descent into a vicious vortex narrated with Greek tragedy tropes.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 2 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for narrate
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Officers described the shrapnel that dented the patrol car as being two inches by a half-inch.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Oct. 2025
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That’s how Ford Motor CEO Jim Farley described the state of the automotive industry earlier this year amid geopolitical tensions, tariffs, inflation and other disruptions.—
Michael Wayland,
CNBC,
20 Oct. 2025
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Tom Curran, energy technology analyst with Seaport Research Partners, told Fortune the power opportunity is an emerging bright spot in an industry suffering through a slump.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
23 Oct. 2025
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Joanne can tell there’s trouble when the woman who may one day become her sister-in-law shows up to a double date with bangs.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
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Tarek then recounted making several extended trips to the bathroom to cool off and wipe his face, which eventually caught Heather's attention.—
Lex Goldstein,
PEOPLE,
20 Oct. 2025
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In his new book about the stock-market crash of 1929, the journalist Andrew Ross Sorkin recounts a scene from a summer day that year in Manhattan.—
Evan Hughes,
The Atlantic,
20 Oct. 2025
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His family life was chronicled on Gene Simmons Family Jewels, his reality series that ran on A&E from 2006 to 2012.—
Jacqueline Weiss,
PEOPLE,
18 Oct. 2025
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Ghostwatch is truly one of a kind, a ghost story disguised as a live news broadcast in which reporters chronicle a family supposedly being haunted by a poltergeist.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 Oct. 2025
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Frishkorn said the investigation will determine if the accident was alcohol or speed-related, but witnesses have indicated both of those may have been a factor.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
20 Oct. 2025
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The high court is already considering a separate, but related, dispute regarding National Guard deployment in Chicago where different federal court decisions have temporarily halted presidential intervention.—
Anna Commander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Narrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/narrate. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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