How to Use recitation in a Sentence

recitation

noun

• The event will include recitation of the Rosary, songs, and prayers.
  — cleveland, 5 Oct. 2019
• That is followed by a salute to the flag and the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance.
  — Gina Grillo, chicagotribune.com, 19 June 2018
• But first comes the inevitable recitation of what was brought.
  — Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 12 Mar. 2018
• Legal opinions begin with a recitation of the facts of the case.
  — Joe Palazzolo, WSJ, 31 Jan. 2017
• Rarely is it mentioned during the recitation of that list that then-Sen.
  — WSJ, 25 Oct. 2021
• The event included a recitation of the names of the people killed in the nightclub shooting.
  — Phil Diehl, sandiegouniontribune.com, 12 June 2017
• And that’s the thing, an incomplete recitation of facts is not a wrong recitation of facts!
  — Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 27 Mar. 2023
• It’s been as much performance art as a mere recitation of a set list.
  — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 11 July 2023
• Former Mayor Brown, who turned 87 in March, began the program with a somber recitation of the day the earth shook and the sky burned.
  — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Apr. 2021
• If greatness is to be achieved through recitation alone, Harlow is off to a great start.
  — Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker, 12 May 2022
• In the workshop, the only sounds were the scratching of pick against plaster, a fan and a recitation of the Quran playing in the background.
  — Raja Abdulrahim, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2023
• The visitation was followed by recitation of the rosary and a Mass at noon.
  — Ann Maloney, nola.com, 10 June 2019
• Her issuance of a 'trigger warning' before her recitation does not lessen the pain caused by the use of the word.
  — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 27 Feb. 2020
• No, that is not a recitation of the table of contents of the newest issue of Travel and Leisure.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 June 2022
• Cox’s words — and the recitation of the oath — were met with another round of rousing applause.
  — Ivy Scott, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Nov. 2022
• Linus' recitation of the birth of Jesus, as described in Luke 2: 8-14.
  — Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Nov. 2021
• The 510-page transcript of the ship’s recorder offered a chilling recitation of the crew’s final minutes.
  — Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2017
• Sure, there is stretching, centered breathing and the recitation of mantras.
  — Bridgette M. Redman, Chron, 17 June 2021
• The four-day trial was a fairly routine recitation of the facts behind both charges.
  — Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2024
• The trail opened with a ribbon-cutting and recitation of a poem composed for the event by Mike Sarkkinen, of Portage.
  — Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2022
• To seek the expression, to seek the vocabulary, to not have the language available to me as a kind of recitation.
  — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 19 Feb. 2021
• Each section in Septology ends with a recitation of the Ave Maria—in Latin.
  — Ruth Margalit, The New York Review of Books, 23 Sep. 2021
• The story, which reads as a simple recitation of the facts, portrays the decision to use the bomb as one made with sagacious care.
  — Andy Kifer, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 July 2023
• Carter said Fedon-Keyt's recitation of the facts is not accurate.
  — Jim Schaefer, Detroit Free Press, 29 Jan. 2018
• The relentless recitation of such acts makes for grim reading.
  — Lauren Benton, Foreign Affairs, 21 June 2022
• Simply gulp lungs full of air for a long recitation of the 14 Emmy Awards and the nine times he was named national broadcaster of the year.
  — Bryce Miller, sandiegouniontribune.com, 10 Mar. 2018
• To its credit, the film does not open with a long and boring recitation of how Peter Parker got his powers.
  — Michael Sangiacomo, cleveland.com, 3 July 2017
• This recitation of the story belies how plotless the movie feels, as Wanda drifts, moved along by the actions of others.
  — Nicole Rudick, The New York Review of Books, 3 Aug. 2021
• While some of the text is a high-minded defense of inalienable rights, much of it is a recitation of historic grievances.
  — Anthony Lydgate, WIRED, 6 Sep. 2022
• Amanda’s bald recitation of the Pokémon theme song’s lyrics was endearing.
  — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Dec 2024