How to Use retelling in a Sentence

retelling

noun

• The film is a retelling of the story of Michael Oher, which was believed to be true at the time.
  — Gerald Nesmith, Essence, 1 Sep. 2023
• The act of retelling doesn’t apply only to stories from the past.
  — Maya Chung, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2022
• Many heaped praise on the production, based on GQ’s retelling of the events.
  — Anh Do, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2023
• The play is an irreverent retelling of the lives of the Brontës.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 June 2023
• So this is both the retelling of the dream and his past in Philadelphia all over again.
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Oct. 2023
• Hulu's true crime series isn't the first retelling of the story.
  — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 22 Nov. 2022
• True to Paint’s pre-release press, this is not a retelling of the life and times of the public-TV superstar.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Apr. 2023
• But this isn’t yet another retelling of the novel in comics form.
  — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Oct. 2023
• But Netflix isn't the first retelling of the notorious heist.
  — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 23 Sep. 2022
• The whole look is enough to put a smile on anyone's face, just like the series of Olaf's slapstick Disney retellings do.
  — Melissa Epifano, EW.com, 19 Apr. 2023
• This daring retelling moves Winston Smith to the side and centers his badass girlfriend.
  — Staff Author, Peoplemag, 31 Aug. 2023
• Merchant’s retelling of the Luddite cause is a gripping and detailed romp.
  — WIRED, 22 Oct. 2023
• The Western films are a retelling of the adventures of famed outlaw William H. Bonney, a.k.a.
  — Jillian Sederholm, EW.com, 5 May 2023
• Viewers have long believed that Jack didn’t have to die in Cameron’s fictional retelling of the 1912 tragedy.
  — Nardine Saadstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2023
• Here is my retelling: Two neighbors in Lebanon could not have been more different.
  — Caren Schnur Neile, Sun Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2023
• It’s not a real retelling of the actual Pop-Tarts story.
  — Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Nov. 2022
• In her retelling, Jensen noticed, all three people who got sick had taken Tylenol.
  — Chicago Tribune, 22 Sep. 2022
• The result is a gripping retelling of the story, with dollops of new perspectives and details along the way.
  — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2022
• Her next book, a retelling of Persephone’s trials and travails, doesn’t have a release date yet.
  — Rachelle Hampton, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2022
• She’s been roped into recording the audiobook of her memoir — a retelling of the past year or so of her life as a new widow.
  — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 21 June 2023
• However, in the BBC’s fresh retelling of the event and its aftermath, the evidence is damning.
  — Quartz, 25 Jan. 2023
• In her retelling of the discussion, at least, Cazes lowered his head and offered no defense.
  — Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 22 Nov. 2022
• Sajeesh's hand often reached for Rajakumar's during the retelling of painful events.
  — Time, 6 Oct. 2022
• In most retellings of this story, Tinker Bell is jealous of Wendy and wants to keep Peter for herself.
  — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2023
• There is magic hidden in all of them, a sense of connection that runs across the ages and which is renewed by our own learning and retelling.
  — Time, 30 Dec. 2022
• There’s no reason to settle for less than stellar retellings of classic tales.
  — Sarah Schutte, National Review, 17 Mar. 2024
• Monroe’s story in Blonde is a fictional retelling of a traumatic childhood and the cost of fame.
  — Emma Fraser, ELLE, 28 Sep. 2022
• Her plays — on topics ranging from immigration to a retelling of the La Llorona myth — have been produced dozens of times across the country.
  — Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2022
• Getty Images What could have been a brief aside about a relative’s love of footwear becomes an epic retelling in Fat Joe’s world.
  — Clover Hope, Men's Health, 10 July 2023
• In Knight’s retelling, Pip learns that few fortunes are made without preying on the misfortune of others.
  — Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024