How to Use recitation in a Sentence

recitation

noun

• The event will include recitation of the Rosary, songs, and prayers.
  — cleveland, 5 Oct. 2019
• Rarely is it mentioned during the recitation of that list that then-Sen.
  — WSJ, 25 Oct. 2021
• 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
• Sure, there is stretching, centered breathing and the recitation of mantras.
  — Bridgette M. Redman, Chron, 17 June 2021
• 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
• 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
• There was singing, scripture reading, the recitation of prayers and communion.
  — Alexandria Burris, Indianapolis Star, 15 Mar. 2020
• This is no mere recitation of which politicians won their respective races.
  — Clancy Dubos, NOLA.com, 9 Nov. 2020
• Feedback in this context would only be a recitation of your own values.
  — Amy Dickinson, cleveland, 6 Dec. 2022
• The show depicts the event as a loose, boozy affair featuring singing, dancing and the recitation of dirty limericks.
  — Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 17 Nov. 2019
• On Page 3 of the guide is a whole list of how drivers should act if a policeman makes a stop, 19 things to do and not do, a complete recitation of which exceeds this space.
  — Frank Fellone, Arkansas Online, 10 July 2021
• Spacey’s involvement in the event was limited to his recitation.
  — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2023
• There’s power in the recitation of ancient names and the act of incantation, karakia, is central to Māori culture.
  — Stacey Morrison, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Nov. 2021
• Around the same time as Sumerians, Egyptians had been composing ritual recitations about the sky and the iron (bjA) in it.
  — Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Oct. 2023
• The result is a mind-numbing recitation of pros and cons, wholly devoid of the sinews of argument, leaving the reader grasping for the point.
  — Brian Stewart, National Review, 5 Oct. 2019
• Kagan explains after a recitation of the court’s precedent.
  — Ephrat Livni, Quartz, 7 May 2020
• The movie Tár opens with an unlikely dramatic gambit: the recitation of a résumé.
  — Justin Davidson, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2022

Last Updated: 28 May 2024