Examples of retelling in a Sentence
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And in The Crown’s retelling of her brief romance with Dodi Fayed, the creators paint a picture of yet another of Diana’s relationships that was never given the opportunity to simply exist between two individuals.
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Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Nov. 2023
But along with immersing audiences in the natural beauty and cultural quirks of American Samoan culture, Waititi’s comedic retelling of the 2011 documentary of the same name serves as an introduction to another of the island nation’s legacies: its third-gender community, known as fa’afafine.
—Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 20 Nov. 2023
In Oates’s retelling, Kopechne is an idealistic woman named Kelly, who spends the book suffocating in the car, which the senator has abandoned.
—Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2023
Years later, his opportunity to take part in the goofy retelling of the King Arthur legend came with the Spamalot revival, which began a limited run at the Kennedy Center's Eisenhower Theatre in Washington, D.C., back in May.
—Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 16 Nov. 2023
Become a Subscriber This case might be extreme, or perhaps embellished in the retelling, but something about it feels terribly familiar in regard to the Middle East.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 15 Nov. 2023
Among his purchases was a large tract of rolling hills a few miles outside what is now Middleburg, about an hour west of D.C.
Mr. Kyle, whose first name was lost in Noland’s retelling, built a brick house on a hill near an orchard, and the couple dubbed their new home Locust Lawn.
—Clarence Williams, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2023
In her breezy retelling of the origins of the 1910 insurrection, Lytle Hernández elevates the role of the intrepid anarchist leader Ricardo Flores Magón and his dissident Mexican Liberal Party.
—Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2023
Many heaped praise on the production, based on GQ’s retelling of the events.
—Anh Do, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2023
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Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Nov. 2023
But along with immersing audiences in the natural beauty and cultural quirks of American Samoan culture, Waititi’s comedic retelling of the 2011 documentary of the same name serves as an introduction to another of the island nation’s legacies: its third-gender community, known as fa’afafine.
—Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 20 Nov. 2023
In Oates’s retelling, Kopechne is an idealistic woman named Kelly, who spends the book suffocating in the car, which the senator has abandoned.
—Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2023
Years later, his opportunity to take part in the goofy retelling of the King Arthur legend came with the Spamalot revival, which began a limited run at the Kennedy Center's Eisenhower Theatre in Washington, D.C., back in May.
—Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 16 Nov. 2023
Become a Subscriber This case might be extreme, or perhaps embellished in the retelling, but something about it feels terribly familiar in regard to the Middle East.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 15 Nov. 2023
Among his purchases was a large tract of rolling hills a few miles outside what is now Middleburg, about an hour west of D.C.
Mr. Kyle, whose first name was lost in Noland’s retelling, built a brick house on a hill near an orchard, and the couple dubbed their new home Locust Lawn.
—Clarence Williams, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2023
In her breezy retelling of the origins of the 1910 insurrection, Lytle Hernández elevates the role of the intrepid anarchist leader Ricardo Flores Magón and his dissident Mexican Liberal Party.
—Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2023
Many heaped praise on the production, based on GQ’s retelling of the events.
—Anh Do, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1883, in the meaning defined above
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“Retelling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/retelling. Accessed 5 Dec. 2023.
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