Examples of retell in a Sentence
The movie retells the story of Romeo and Juliet.
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Sculley retold the story of his recruitment in 1983, when Jobs finally cornered him about taking the job.
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Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 14 Mar. 2026
Her stint in gritty BBC drama Damilola, Our Loved Boy retold one of Britain’s most tragic cases involving the senseless killing of a young boy and earned her her first BAFTA.
—Kemi Alemoru, Glamour, 14 Mar. 2026
Requiem, however, is the first time Apostolides delivers a Leon performance in a game that’s not retelling the events of a past entry.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Feb. 2026
Produced by Britespark, Days that Shocked the World revisits the most devastating disasters of the past 40 years, retelling each event through eyewitness testimony and archive footage in one- or two-part anniversary specials.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 24 Feb. 2026
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Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 14 Mar. 2026
Her stint in gritty BBC drama Damilola, Our Loved Boy retold one of Britain’s most tragic cases involving the senseless killing of a young boy and earned her her first BAFTA.
—Kemi Alemoru, Glamour, 14 Mar. 2026
Requiem, however, is the first time Apostolides delivers a Leon performance in a game that’s not retelling the events of a past entry.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Feb. 2026
Produced by Britespark, Days that Shocked the World revisits the most devastating disasters of the past 40 years, retelling each event through eyewitness testimony and archive footage in one- or two-part anniversary specials.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 24 Feb. 2026
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“Retell.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/retell. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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