narrating

verb

present participle of narrate
as in describing
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 narrating Once roles are introduced to the game, the players make a comedy meal out of loudly fake narrating what Sam is doing while they’re blindfolded. — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026 Octavia Spencer also took home her first Emmy for narrating Lost Women of Alaska, and The Traitors‘ Alan Cumming extended his winning streak for best reality tv host. — HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026 As All In Goes Over Curfew Will Ospreay had the best entrance of the night, with his mum narrating his journey to the top of AEW. — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026 Anedda’s capacity to turn perspectives around by narrating unwritten angles in the same story is her most characteristic gift. — Wallis Wilde-Menozzi, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026 Jessica Hepburn, 44, started narrating audiobooks in 2019 from her $250 home studio set up in Fort Wayne, Ind. — Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026 Like with Channel Orange, Ocean is narrating life from 10,000 feet up, able to communicate pain and lust and longing with a kind of precision that, if nothing else, should prove how singular the human spirit truly is. — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2026 Spencer is Emmy-nominated for narrating the true crime Lost Women docuseries, which gives voice to murdered and disregarded women. — Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 16 Aug. 2026 Say what needs to change, keep the fix specific, and protect your energy before resentment starts narrating the whole situation. — Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for narrating
  1. describing
  2. telling
  3. recounting
  4. chronicling
  5. relating
Verb
  • Patrick Clancy, the prosecution’s first witness, spent two days on the stand describing her downward spiral despite her efforts to seek psychiatric treatment.
    — Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Maresca has also probably muddied the waters by refusing to identify a preferred holding midfielder and describing both new players in similar terms.
    — Sam Lee, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of describing
Verb
  • The first online evacuation order came on August 5 for residents of Mansouri, near Tyre, though Israel had already dropped leaflets on the village just a week into the ceasefire, telling ‌residents to leave ahead of strikes.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Antonelli had doubted his chances of such a fightback on Thursday, telling reporters that getting back into the top five was a realistic target.
    — Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of telling
Verb
  • Still, a couple of other moments from that January night are worth recounting one last time before the Bears charge into this season.
    — Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Some of the former models, like Holly Hallstrom and Kathleen Bradley, participated in the documentary, recounting some of their negative experiences being sexualized on the show.
    — Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of recounting
Verb
  • Almand has been chronicling his whole journey on Instagram, and there’s a tracker on Extreme’s website that allows people to follow his location.
    — Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • In October 2024, Van Halen released the memoir Brothers, chronicling his life with Eddie from their childhood to the end of the original Van Halen lineup in 1984.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of chronicling
Verb
  • Under its terms, the incentive allows a 35% to 50% credit on qualified expenses relating specifically to postproduction in California.
    — Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Relationship science draws a useful line here between two ways of relating.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of relating

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“Narrating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/narrating. Accessed 13 Sep. 2026.

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