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
Cultures around the world have ancient traditions of narrating events, sometimes gruesome, through song.
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John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
Watch a clip from The Ark below, narrated by Kyra Sedgwick.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2025
The first biography of the writer, and an engaging one at that, the book narrates how a child of privilege evolved into an esteemed naturalist-writer and a crusader for various left-wing causes.
—Maggie Doherty, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
The film is a wild ride down the mighty Colorado River, exploring the region’s extraordinary wildlife, cultural history, and precarious future, and ChasingHorse narrates.
—Kathleen Rellihan, Outside, 13 Oct. 2025
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John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
Watch a clip from The Ark below, narrated by Kyra Sedgwick.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2025
The first biography of the writer, and an engaging one at that, the book narrates how a child of privilege evolved into an esteemed naturalist-writer and a crusader for various left-wing causes.
—Maggie Doherty, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
The film is a wild ride down the mighty Colorado River, exploring the region’s extraordinary wildlife, cultural history, and precarious future, and ChasingHorse narrates.
—Kathleen Rellihan, Outside, 13 Oct. 2025
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If so, Scoresby unwittingly described the effects of a shift in the quantity of solar radiation that reached Earth’s surface.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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On August 22, she was attacked while on a Charlotte light train in what police described as an unprovoked stabbing.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 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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Countless Reddit users have reached out to u/NightHawk7217 to share historical details and recounted their personal memories of the restaurant.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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Andrews, 90, recounts that the idea came to her after a mouse incident backstage on Broadway.—
Lizz Schumer,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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Evidence of life at the falls is chronicled well before George Rogers Clark's arrival in the 1770s.—
Leo Bertucci,
Louisville Courier Journal,
25 Oct. 2025
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Archaeologists analyzed the monument’s carvings, which feature 123 hieroglyphic panels that chronicle the city’s story.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Oct. 2025
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On expedition, the hunter who joined me on polar bear watch was relating a story from his grandfather who told him the telling sign of narwhal appearance.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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Authorities have not said whether the two calls at the location are related.—
Liam Quinn,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Narrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/narrate. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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