Examples of recitation in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web If greatness is to be achieved through recitation alone, Harlow is off to a great start. — Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker, 12 May 2022 The judge issued a permanent injunction against the prayer recitation and awarded $1 in damages to each plaintiff. — From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 18 May 2022 Tour guides give a spiel campus safety including a recitation on security guards, shuttle buses and emergency call boxes. — Fox News, 2 Apr. 2022 These are all inordinately obvious statements that should not require recitation, but some people around town have gotten in their heads that the Lakers need to keep submitting to the King’s commands for the franchise to survive. — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2022 His dramatic, intense and emotional recitation of Angelou’s poem wowed the judges and earned him the chance to compete in a national semifinal competition in May. — oregonlive, 16 Mar. 2022 In addition to four daily worship ceremonies, visitors can watch devotees milk cows in the Goshala, where a tinny recitation of the maha-mantra emanates from a boombox. — Ashley Stimpson, Longreads, 19 Feb. 2022 Sarah Bunin Benor, director of the Jewish Language Project and a professor at Hebrew Union College in Los Angeles, said hearing the word makes her think of the Hallel — a recitation of Psalms 113-118 chanted by observant Jews on holidays. — Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2021 Rock fumbled through his introduction of the category and the recitation of the nominees. — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2022 See More

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