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
Years later, that vast video archive became the foundation for a documentary narrated in his own voice.
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Natalia Cano, Billboard, 30 Oct. 2025
The version of events found primarily in the Iliad and the Odyssey, the Homeric epics that narrate the war and its aftermath, respectively, serves as a template for how many people continue to imagine war, honor, heroism, and a whole set of related issues to this day.
—Elizabeth D. Samet, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2025
In a city as rapidly changing as Miami, the act of slowing down to preserve, narrate, and walk through the past becomes a form of belonging.
—Carmen F De Terenzio, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
Most of the time, though, as joked by Kang and Kodos themselves, they are written into the show as background cameos or to simply narrate their observations from their spaceship, laughing at us, maniacally.
—Grace Dean, Space.com, 25 Oct. 2025
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Natalia Cano, Billboard, 30 Oct. 2025
The version of events found primarily in the Iliad and the Odyssey, the Homeric epics that narrate the war and its aftermath, respectively, serves as a template for how many people continue to imagine war, honor, heroism, and a whole set of related issues to this day.
—Elizabeth D. Samet, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2025
In a city as rapidly changing as Miami, the act of slowing down to preserve, narrate, and walk through the past becomes a form of belonging.
—Carmen F De Terenzio, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
Most of the time, though, as joked by Kang and Kodos themselves, they are written into the show as background cameos or to simply narrate their observations from their spaceship, laughing at us, maniacally.
—Grace Dean, Space.com, 25 Oct. 2025
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The only real attempt in this episode to describe the difficulty of Maia’s position as Tallulah’s manager comes from Maia’s chirpy co-worker (Lauren Holt, a treat every time).—
Caroline Framke,
Vulture,
10 Nov. 2025
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During the week, Aluko had described lying in bed at the height of the controversy, depressed and unable to eat.—
Greg O'Keeffe,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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The judge also noted she had not previously been told a mechanic had worked on the car, and also the government has given at least two different accounts of who approved the car’s removal to Maine.—
Omar Jimenez,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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While many people might rush to see a doctor after such a discovery, Farrington put it off, telling herself that the lump would disappear naturally.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Johnson recounted what was going through his mind at the time of the mix-up, noting that a photograph shows his shocked face.—
Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
10 Nov. 2025
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And Mohammed, a 65-year-old man from El Fasher, recounted leaving the city at dawn and passing through numerous checkpoints.—
Guy Davies,
ABC News,
9 Nov. 2025
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Her journey has also been chronicled on The Kardashians, with the most recent season featuring Kardashian studying for the bar exam in between takes while filming All’s Fair.—
Jodi Guglielmi,
Rolling Stone,
8 Nov. 2025
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The project chronicles the adventures of Huntrix, a K-pop girl group comprised of three members who also just happen to fight monsters from the underworld.—
Nicole Fell,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Nov. 2025
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The veteran forward related the transition to his own early years, when the Seattle SuperSonics (now Oklahoma City Thunder) moved him from a frontcourt scorer to a perimeter creator.—
Grant Afseth,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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No, the two American actresses are not related.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Narrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/narrate. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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