retelling

noun

re·​tell·​ing (ˌ)rē-ˈte-liŋ 

: a new version of a story

a retelling of a Greek legend

Examples of retelling in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Theodoridou’s short story taps into more than the raw emotion of the betrayals and twists in a fragmented retelling with rapid scene breaks, thoughts cut off mid-sentence and unexpected shifts from prose to poetry. —John Wiswell, People.com, 3 July 2025

The scent takes inspiration from retellings of outdoor orgies, with notes of citrus, grass and fresh flowers. —Emily Burns, Footwear News, 27 June 2025

Riverside’s attorneys would have opportunities to cross-examine witnesses during trials and hope to point out inconsistencies or inaccuracies in their retelling of events. —Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 24 June 2025

Hadestown is a modern retelling of the Orpheus myth but with a much bigger budget, a soundtrack of catchy folk-rock numbers, and starry names popping up in the cast (Andre De Shields, Ani DiFranco). —Pamela Newton june 24, Literary Hub, 24 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1883, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for retelling

• bookselling
• compelling
• dispelling
• excelling
• expelling
• foretelling
• impelling
• indwelling
• labelling
• marvelling
• misspelling
• modelling