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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
And the actor who narrates the opening scene, describing an essay Nora wrote as a child that anthropomorphized the family home, is Bente Børsum.
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Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 5 Jan. 2026
The movie narrates the life of George Orwell, using a compendium of archival sources, including the great writer’s letters and journals.
—Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2025
The essay moves through three parts, from an opening scene of conflict to a middle section that narrates how Didion gradually grew to distrust police, and onto a last section that reflects on the crumbling of police authority and credibility.
—Literary Hub, 9 Dec. 2025
Marcello narrates the trailer in a voiceover.
—Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 7 Dec. 2025
Who narrates 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer'?
—John Tufts, IndyStar, 5 Dec. 2025
Hugh Bonneville narrates this intimate and emotional look at the powerful relationships between these animals and the heroic humans dedicated to raising, rehabilitating, and rewilding them to help save their species.
—Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 30 Nov. 2025
In the clip, Pree narrates the story of how the little cat came back to her.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2025
The film was made by Michael Almereyda and Courtney Stephens; Oscar nominee Chloë Sevigny narrates the picture.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 25 Nov. 2025
Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 5 Jan. 2026
The movie narrates the life of George Orwell, using a compendium of archival sources, including the great writer’s letters and journals.
—Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2025
The essay moves through three parts, from an opening scene of conflict to a middle section that narrates how Didion gradually grew to distrust police, and onto a last section that reflects on the crumbling of police authority and credibility.
—Literary Hub, 9 Dec. 2025
Marcello narrates the trailer in a voiceover.
—Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 7 Dec. 2025
Who narrates 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer'?
—John Tufts, IndyStar, 5 Dec. 2025
Hugh Bonneville narrates this intimate and emotional look at the powerful relationships between these animals and the heroic humans dedicated to raising, rehabilitating, and rewilding them to help save their species.
—Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 30 Nov. 2025
In the clip, Pree narrates the story of how the little cat came back to her.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2025
The film was made by Michael Almereyda and Courtney Stephens; Oscar nominee Chloë Sevigny narrates the picture.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 25 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for narrates
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Lopez describes her daughter as an energetic, talkative child who speaks both English and Spanish.—
Leondra Head,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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Among the more moving cases that Blair describes are those of people who in life were vulnerable and powerless but in death were considered formidable threats.—
Rivka Galchen,
New Yorker,
7 Jan. 2026
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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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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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Gibson recounts the trajectory of Palmares as just one part of a much longer history of people seeking freedom and sanctuary in the midst of colonial societies.—
Laurent Dubois,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2026
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Australian director Patrick Hughes is helming the project, which chronicles Thornton’s real-life survival story in the South China Sea that earned him a Congressional Medal of Honor.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
8 Jan. 2026
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The series' visceral approach and real-time structure (each episode chronicles a single hour) help to highlight the emotional and physical toll on emergency personnel, offering an engrossing alternative to romance-forward medical dramas like Grey's Anatomy.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Jan. 2026
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Meanwhile, the omniscient, just-the-facts-ma’am narration relates the days and times and events with an efficiency that speaks to us of the unstoppable nature of fate.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
31 Dec. 2025
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The Fund has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates.—
Muyao Shen,
Bloomberg,
30 Dec. 2025
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“Narrates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/narrates. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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