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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Among that group was Agnieszka Holland’s latest film, Franz, a co-production of the Czech Republic, Germany, and Poland that narrates the life of the writer Franz Kafka from his birth to his death.
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Zac Ntim, Deadline, 29 July 2025
Libidinal hip-hop has vanished from the charts, now the province of artists who narrate their mental health struggles rather than their superhuman urges or tastes.
—Armin Rosen, The Washington Examiner, 25 July 2025
Dexter narrating his inner thoughts has been an aspect of the show from the beginning, and it’s functioned as the series’s most straightforward attempt at humor.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 25 July 2025
Perhaps this is a limitation of personal writing, which narrates from the retrospective perch of self-knowledge, whereas fiction and poetry grant the writer a wider berth to suspend herself (and her characters) in inquiry.
—Terry Nguyen
july 23, Literary Hub, 23 July 2025
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Zac Ntim, Deadline, 29 July 2025
Libidinal hip-hop has vanished from the charts, now the province of artists who narrate their mental health struggles rather than their superhuman urges or tastes.
—Armin Rosen, The Washington Examiner, 25 July 2025
Dexter narrating his inner thoughts has been an aspect of the show from the beginning, and it’s functioned as the series’s most straightforward attempt at humor.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 25 July 2025
Perhaps this is a limitation of personal writing, which narrates from the retrospective perch of self-knowledge, whereas fiction and poetry grant the writer a wider berth to suspend herself (and her characters) in inquiry.
—Terry Nguyen
july 23, Literary Hub, 23 July 2025
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At least seven students at a Park Hill School District middle school described uncomfortable interactions with Washington to Platte County Sheriff’s Office detectives, court records show.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
17 Aug. 2025
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Dane Camp describes how Mandelbrot’s journey began with a series of escapes.—
Danny Robb,
JSTOR Daily,
17 Aug. 2025
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But actress Helen Mirren recently told Saga Magazine that taking that route would produce an entirely different film.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
18 Aug. 2025
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The shots came from a gray Dodge Charger just before 7 a.m. Sheriff’s officials said a caller told dispatchers they were fired upon after yelling at the Dodge’s driver for throwing trash onto the roadway.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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Speaking to reporters at the White House on Monday, Trump recounted the agreement with Nvidia.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
11 Aug. 2025
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The harrowing scene is recounted in A Flower Traveled in My Blood by Haley Cohen Gilliland, which was published by Avid Reader Press last month.—
Sam Gillette,
People.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Loktev’s film chronicles the Russian government’s systematic crackdown on journalists in late 2021 and early 2022 as Vladimir Putin plots his invasion of Ukraine.—
Tim Grierson,
Rolling Stone,
13 Aug. 2025
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The film will chronicle the critical hours following news of her passing, examining key decisions by the royal household, newsrooms, and Tony Blair’s government.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
12 Aug. 2025
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All of this is related in the film’s mesmerizing Grimm-like opening.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
15 Aug. 2025
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In a statement, a lawyer for Ortiz said his client’s guilty plea was highly tailored, relating only to his transactions with Pérez in the context of concert performances.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Narrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/narrate. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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