narrates

present tense third-person singular of narrate

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of narrates In addition to making guest appearances as Meredith, Pompeo also narrates the show and serves as an executive producer. Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 18 July 2026 Barring its creation, the tapestry, which narrates a moment in English history that forever changed the country’s language, culture, and legal system, had not been back in the UK until this month, underscoring the historic nature of the loan. Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 17 July 2026 Pharrell Williams, creative director of menswear at Louis Vuitton, narrates the short film directed by Oliver Hadlee Pearch. Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 9 July 2026 Unlike the 1960 film, where Mizuno narrates his own tragedy, Yeon and Katayama’s new Vapor is an object of mystery and dread rather than the story’s protagonist. Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 6 July 2026 Elle narrates her Harvard submission video while wearing multiple bikinis. Ben Travers, IndieWire, 29 June 2026 Ariana Madix serves as host while Iain Stirling narrates. Arushi Jacob, Variety, 26 June 2026 For example, the Life of Saint Æthelwold is a tenth-century biography that narrates the holy life of an English bishop. Literary Hub, 25 June 2026 There are guest turns from Leona Lewis and Lila Iké, while Black Panther actor Letitia Wright narrates. Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 25 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for narrates
Verb
  • Moore describes her apprenticeship as both exciting and exhausting.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026
  • El-Sayed describes himself as a capitalist and is not endorsed by the Democratic Socialists, but shares a similar policy platform to many of their candidates, such as abolishing ICE.
    Sam Gringlas, NPR, 1 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • That message tells us so much about Shai and his standing in the group.
    Tom Smyth, Vulture, 30 July 2026
  • Ramaswamy also tells patients to start a new conversation every time.
    Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 30 July 2026
Verb
  • Even Flynn, a high school history teacher whose curriculum recounts the cyclical nature of wars and revolutions, needed to believe in that possibility of a reprieve, despite reiterating death’s inevitability in the classroom.
    Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 15 July 2026
  • The report recounts detainees saying that guards beat detainees in response to hunger strikes, requests for medical attention and complaints regarding detention conditions.
    Michael Biesecker, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026
Verb
  • The narrative chronicles the desperate struggle for survival in a secluded harbor town after residents discover a mysterious alien entity on their outskirts.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 27 July 2026
  • My Big Italian Adventure, which aired on HGTV, chronicles the one-euro house Lorraine Bracco renovated in Sambuca di Sicilia.
    Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Verb
  • The Bible relates the remarkable transformation of Saul of Tarsus – at one time a violent persecutor of Christians – who became a powerful teacher-by-example of love and peace.
    Margaret Rogers, Christian Science Monitor, 29 July 2026
  • This formula relates directly to the cash generation that is available to be paid to the company’s shareholders and debtholders.
    Hersh Shefrin, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

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“Narrates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/narrates. Accessed 2 Aug. 2026.

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