How to Use recant in a Sentence

recant

verb

• Church officials asked the minister to recant.
• Witnesses threatened to recant their testimony when the court released their names to the paper.
• Galileo was placed under house arrest and forced to recant his views as heresy.
  — Adam B. Cohen, Scientific American, 1 July 2018
• Some may recant out of fear, shame or a sense of loyalty to the foster parent.
  — Allie Morris, ExpressNews.com, 6 Mar. 2020
• But at the first date of the court hearing, last November, Burns, now fifty-two, recanted on the witness stand.
  — Jennifer Gonnerman, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2019
• The two stars reunited for Netflix's Tudum to recant some of their favorite moments on the Josie and the Pussycats set.
  — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 22 Apr. 2023
• In early 2022, Mazars dropped Trump and the company as clients, and recanted a decade of those statements.
  — Clare Hymes, Ash Kalmar, CBS News, 10 Oct. 2023
• The charges against Beard were dropped when his fiance recanted her story.
  — Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2023
• The pope said the Catholic Church rejected antisemitism and called on Williamson to recant his comments.
  — Claire Parker, Washington Post, 31 Dec. 2022
• Casey White allegedly confessed to the killing of the mother of two at her Rogersville home but later recanted.
  — Sara Smart, CNN, 5 May 2023
• Still, those same friends lament Pesina’s stubborn refusal to recant his falsehoods.
  — David L. Craddock, Ars Technica, 8 Oct. 2022
• Armstrong’s story was the first step in creating a pivotal scene in the premiere: the one in which the detectives lead Marie to recant her statement.
  — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2019
• Officials again changed the story to say Bradford had brandished a weapon, only to recant the word brandish.
  — Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN, 25 Nov. 2019
• In a dramatic turnabout, Ernest recanted on the stand before changing his mind and confessing to his role in the killings.
  — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Oct. 2023
• But that person recanted the claim Wednesday night on Twitter.
  — Alex Pappas, Fox News, 28 Sep. 2018
• The victim sued him and Minaj in August, alleging the couple tried to force her to recant her account of the incident.
  — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 10 Sep. 2021
• Small-time criminal James Earl Ray pleaded guilty to the killing and quickly recanted, claiming he was set up.
  — The Washington Post, cleveland.com, 9 Apr. 2018
• For refusing to recant her faith, she was imprisoned with her nine-month-old son on Christmas Eve.
  — Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 19 July 2021
• Instead, the defectors are expected to recant all of their views.
  — Jane Coaston, Vox, 15 Nov. 2018
• Since then, Hough says in the interview, the couple has enlisted several people known to both them and Hough to try and force her to recant her claims about the assault.
  — Tayo Bero, refinery29.com, 22 Aug. 2021
• But the children later recanted some of the stories of abuse after speaking to their mother, Maria Barron said.
  — Garrett Therolf, latimes.com, 24 June 2018
• Lee, now 55, and Kelley, 53, confessed but soon recanted.
  — Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2018
• One of the witnesses has since recanted much of her testimony against Sparks.
  — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2023
• Reed Smith's most recent report suggests that Sneed intended to recant at one point.
  — Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 26 Sep. 2022
• Ransome recanted the allegations in a follow-up email to the columnist.
  — Adam Reiss, NBC News, 10 Jan. 2024
• Charges were filed against Foster on April 12, and despite the woman recanting her story about the linebacker hurting her, the case is ongoing.
  — Noel Harris, sacbee, 2 May 2018
• The department filed criminal charges, which were dropped when the boy, prosecutors now say, was pressured by Rose to recant.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 12 Apr. 2021
• And just hours after Breed’s arraignment on Monday, the woman went to O’Neill in an apparent effort to recant.
  — Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Apr. 2023
• The case had been built on the testimony of a sole eyewitness who later tried to recant her testimony.
  — Arkansas Online, 27 Nov. 2021
• The first witness called by the prosecution, a teen girl, appeared to recant some of her prior statements to police and the prosecutor.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024