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
The storytelling is helped along by characters who narrate some of the transitional bits.
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Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 11 Jan. 2026
The three-year Off-Broadway hit is a parody of the classic film Titanic, imagining the story as if Celine Dion were narrating it.
—Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 8 Jan. 2026
And the actor who narrates the opening scene, describing an essay Nora wrote as a child that anthropomorphized the family home, is Bente Børsum.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 5 Jan. 2026
The kind that makes movies with Steven Spielberg and Kevin Costner, and gets Bryan Cranston to narrate her audiobooks.
—Greg Carannante, Sun Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2026
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Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 11 Jan. 2026
The three-year Off-Broadway hit is a parody of the classic film Titanic, imagining the story as if Celine Dion were narrating it.
—Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 8 Jan. 2026
And the actor who narrates the opening scene, describing an essay Nora wrote as a child that anthropomorphized the family home, is Bente Børsum.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 5 Jan. 2026
The kind that makes movies with Steven Spielberg and Kevin Costner, and gets Bryan Cranston to narrate her audiobooks.
—Greg Carannante, Sun Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2026
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After he was arrested in August 2023, Wei was asked by FBI investigators to describe his actions involving the Chinese intelligence agent.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
13 Jan. 2026
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Words can't describe how much he's done for me and all the other players.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
13 Jan. 2026
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Police added that Lattimore was arrested for not telling the officer there was a gun inside the vehicle when asked.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
9 Jan. 2026
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Federal prosecutors have launched a new criminal investigation into New York Attorney General Letitia James, after a grand jury previously declined to indict her twice on unrelated criminal charges, two sources familiar with the matter told CBS News.—
Sarah N. Lynch,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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Frisbee recounts feeling bathed in warm light and then having had a vision of himself leading thousands of hippies into the Pacific Ocean to be baptized.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Jan. 2026
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Montalvo recounted that between January and March, his band had practically no performances.—
Juan Cordoba,
Arkansas Online,
12 Jan. 2026
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The series chronicles three New Yorkers who come together over their love of true crime podcasts and end up finding themselves at the center of more than a few true crimes.—
Brenton Blanchet,
PEOPLE,
12 Jan. 2026
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Angel & Vilma Delgadillo's Original Route 66 Gift Shop, housed in Delgadillo’s former barbershop, is Seligman’s iconic institution that chronicles the town’s history through memorabilia.—
Daria Bachmann,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Jan. 2026
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Dykstra, 62, was arrested Thursday on suspicion of possessing narcotics and narcotic-related equipment but was not taken into custody, trooper Kody Nowicki told The Athletic.—
Matt Moret,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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With so many insects packed together in moist and dark places — and all closely related, sharing the same genetic vulnerabilities — infections and diseases can quickly pose an enormous threat to the well-being of an ant colony.—
Arundathi Nair,
NPR,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Narrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/narrate. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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