How to Use retelling in a Sentence

retelling

noun

• It’s not my retelling of an episode from The Decameron.
  — Matthew Carey Salyer, Forbes, 13 May 2021
• 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
• Clash of the Titans, a retelling of the ancient Greek myth of Perseus and Medusa, was just such a movie.
  — James Grebey, Vulture, 8 June 2021
• Just as Erika told them the car flipped five times, Kyle and Dorit up it to six in the retelling.
  — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2021
• The play is an irreverent retelling of the lives of the Brontës.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 June 2023
• The project is a modern-day retelling of Ruth and Boaz, one of the most iconic love stories in the Bible.
  — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 6 May 2024
• 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
• In one retelling, Zeus’s dear dog was stolen by the mortal Pandareus.
  — Liza Lentini, SPIN, 16 June 2022
• As the years passed, the story grew more elaborate with each retelling.
  — Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 15 Sep. 2021
• There’s something to be said for a retelling of the history through the points of view of Jones, Tripp and Lewinsky.
  — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Sep. 2021
• The story will be a modern retelling of Austen's novel.
  — Annie Goldsmith, Town & Country, 2 May 2021
• But the movie version isn't a direct retelling of Lyon's book.
  — EW.com, 21 June 2024
• Here, Edwards lends her pure siren of a voice to a retelling of her own journey to Nashville.
  — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 18 Mar. 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
• The first half which precedes the seder meal deals with the past – a retelling and reenactment of the Exodus from Egypt.
  — Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 11 Apr. 2022
• In this retelling, Eliza — who wants to be a poet — is convinced to instead learn how to cook.
  — Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2021
• And this was such a beautiful retelling of that villain.
  — Katcy Stephan, Variety, 27 July 2024
• But Netflix isn't the first retelling of the notorious heist.
  — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 23 Sep. 2022
• This retelling of the Charles Dickens classic will feature about 30 dancers.
  — oregonlive, 2 Nov. 2021
• But Rickles, via Macdonald’s retelling, gets the best punch line of this clip.
  — Dan Reilly, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2021
• Upon the East End series with this gender-bent retelling of Snow White.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 9 May 2024
• 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
• That begins to change with Strange Origin, a retelling of the hero's earliest days.
  — Joe George, Men's Health, 25 Apr. 2022
• The other thing the retelling of the Sullivan Legend always gets wrong is my smirk.
  — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 5 Oct. 2021
• Kids who enjoy the cartoon series will have fun with a live-action retelling; just be prepared to explain the weed jokes.
  — Kara Nesvig, Parents, 8 Oct. 2024
• There’s no shortage of humor in his retelling, a way of divesting dire moments of his emotional charge to let facts and circumstances come through.
  — Lily Templeton, WWD, 17 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 16 Nov 2024