How to Use retell in a Sentence

retell

verb

• The movie retells the story of Romeo and Juliet.
• And that's not all; Maeve isn't the one retelling the story.
  — Josh Wigler, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 May 2018
• The facts of the case have been chewed over for decades, so why retell it?
  — Gary Thompson, Philly.com, 4 Apr. 2018
• In the theater, telling and retelling the same tales is part of the culture.
  — Laura Collins-Hughes, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2018
• The book is the first of four planned volumes that will retell the story of the faith.
  — Brady McCombs, The Seattle Times, 4 Sep. 2018
• Of course, the video quickly aims to retell a much longer story.
  — Rachel E. Greenspan, Time, 8 Nov. 2019
• What was the process of curating and retelling the story of The Supremes through style over words?
  — Heran Mamo, Billboard, 16 Sep. 2019
• This seems like an odd time, in the middle of the playoffs, to retell the Dunn story.
  — Peter King, SI.com, 19 Jan. 2018
• No one is retelling your crowdwork riff to their friends.
  — Vulture Editors, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2024
• To retell the story, Jacobs wore a mix of grown-up, quirky, and luxe lounge looks.
  — Madeline Fass, Vogue, 19 June 2018
• The song’s lyrics, written by Pepe Sanchez, retell the events of the July 13 shooting.
  — Mathew Miranda, Sacramento Bee, 19 July 2024
• This will surely be a story for the couples to retell over the years ahead.
  — Perri Ormont Blumberg, Southern Living, 21 May 2020
• The Bible instructs Jews to retell the story of Esther each Purim.
  — Esther Brownsmith, The Conversation, 21 Mar. 2024
• Couples have cried on the phone in retelling their story.
  — Alix Strauss, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2018
• No one would need a show that retold the same blockbuster movie.
  — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 28 Jan. 2024
• Her maid Ellen Bird was one of the survivors who got on a lifeboat and was later able to retell the encounter.
  — Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 22 June 2023
• Isbell’s arc has been told and retold, from yours truly to The New York Times.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 9 Apr. 2023
• Find a case study that can be retold in a light and engaging way.
  — Lisa Bennett, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
• All families have lines that get told and retold through the years.
  — Brian Williams, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Mar. 2018
• These are the stories that have to be told and retold, honored and cherished.
  — Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2019
• As the driver would later retell in a court filing, the nurse assured him the answer was no.
  — USA Today, 1 Nov. 2021
• For the rest of the season the Mavericks broadcast crew made sure to point out the Thompsons and retell their story.
  — Dallas News, 11 June 2021
• The book retells the accepted view of Kelly’s scandal-free life.
  — Jeanine Basinger, New York Times, 2 June 2017
• The movie will retell the story of Peter Pan, one of the fan-favorites from the Disney collection.
  — Ale Russian, PEOPLE.com, 8 July 2020
• Nat Geo’s biodrama series switches over to the world of music to retell the life of Aretha Franklin.
  — Keith Phipps, Rolling Stone, 28 Feb. 2021
• And retell for us, really, the steps that the company had to go through to get this out into the market.
  — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 26 Apr. 2023
• The classic story retells the tale of Belle and the Beast, who is really a young prince trapped under the spell of an enchantress.
  — Lisa Herendeen, The Mercury News, 22 July 2019
• Society of the Snow aims to retell the story of the Uruguayan rugby team which, en route to Chile in 1972, crash-landed on a glacier in the heart of the Andes.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 June 2023
• As ever after, it's written by the winners, the Greeks who have won a war with the Persians (retold in the film 300).
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Jan. 2020
• But even after retelling this story to plenty of live audiences, the prospect of turning it into a narrative feature still proved intimidating for Anger.
  — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 6 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Dec 2024