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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 narrates
Over staggering beats sourced from young experimental pop acts like Jane Remover, Quadeca, Underscores, and Holly, Brown narrates his newly clean lifestyle with beaming gratitude.
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Stephen Kearse, Rolling Stone, 10 Nov. 2025
The film narrates the story of a convent located in the South of Spain, where a sect of unholy nuns served as a coven to find the perfect womb for the son of the devil to make his entry on earth.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 30 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
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
Hypershell narrates its own introduction in the quick video below.
—New Atlas, 7 Oct. 2025
Bing Crosby, whose soothing baritone has the power to transport any listener to simpler times, narrates the tale.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Oct. 2025
Their real-life memories are drawn from sources like letters and diaries and voiced by an all-star cast that includes southeast Michigan’s Jeff Daniels, who narrates the words of Thomas Jefferson.
—Julie Hinds, Freep.com, 28 Sep. 2025
The Italian component comes from the text-to-speech voice that narrates the videos.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 10 Sep. 2025
Stephen Kearse, Rolling Stone, 10 Nov. 2025
The film narrates the story of a convent located in the South of Spain, where a sect of unholy nuns served as a coven to find the perfect womb for the son of the devil to make his entry on earth.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 30 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
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
Hypershell narrates its own introduction in the quick video below.
—New Atlas, 7 Oct. 2025
Bing Crosby, whose soothing baritone has the power to transport any listener to simpler times, narrates the tale.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Oct. 2025
Their real-life memories are drawn from sources like letters and diaries and voiced by an all-star cast that includes southeast Michigan’s Jeff Daniels, who narrates the words of Thomas Jefferson.
—Julie Hinds, Freep.com, 28 Sep. 2025
The Italian component comes from the text-to-speech voice that narrates the videos.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 10 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for narrates
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And, at the end of each chapter, the book describes how the evidence on each phenomenon has evolved and strengthened in the years since the original columns.—
Greg Rosalsky,
NPR,
11 Nov. 2025
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Miller's nomination describes her as having maintained great fortitude and excellent disposition, talent and character.—
Kenya Anderson,
Nashville Tennessean,
10 Nov. 2025
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Rose tells Shaw that her community is concerned about sacred remains being disturbed.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
10 Nov. 2025
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In this intimate portrait of life during the exhilarating early days of the women’s liberation movement in Scandinavia in the 1970s, Pernille Ipsen tells the stories of the seven women who raised her, who were all part of the women’s movement in Denmark.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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Thiongʼo novel in verse which recounts the Gikuyu creation story.—
Amber McBride,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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One story of the Desert Fathers recounts a sighting of a demon perched on the top of the monastery, busily scribbling down all the faults of the brothers within.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
31 Oct. 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 tense series chronicles the search for missing Milo, the investigation into why he was kidnapped and the lives and secrets of the adults in his orbit, including Marissa and her husband Peter (Jake Lacy).—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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As Stephen Greenblatt relates thrillingly in his new biography, Dark Renaissance, Marlowe led a brief and stormy life that deeply transformed the theater.—
Isaac Butler,
The Atlantic,
3 Nov. 2025
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The mandate relates just to the Sounders and does not include the Seattle Reign, the NWSL team that the Sounders bought last year in a $58 million deal.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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