How to Use narrate in a Sentence

narrate

verb
  • The author narrates her story in great detail.
  • Then James Cameron comes out at the end and just narrates it.
    Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2023
  • His son Jack also reads Kilmer's words to narrate much of the film.
    Kara Warner, PEOPLE.com, 25 Aug. 2021
  • In the film, Gillis still narrates—though he’s just been shot dead, like Jay Gatsby, in the pool.
    Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2024
  • The attack happens as Kaz narrates to the Crows about the dangerous threat of the drug.
    Town & Country, 19 Mar. 2023
  • The tour enlists a team of experts to narrate each spot’s story.
    Miami Staff, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The boom in audiobooks means more work for the people who narrate them—at least, for now.
    Daniel A. Gross, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Told from the perspective of the dog, Costner narrates a story that follows the highs and lows of life.
    Leah Hall, Country Living, 7 Mar. 2023
  • In Loedel’s novel, ghosts are a language for this open wound, a way to narrate death and loss in the absence of any kind of record.
    Colin Dickey, The Atlantic, 5 Jan. 2022
  • While Granny's replies worked to narrate the reenactment, Sultana the polar bear's tweets stole the show.
    Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 Dec. 2021
  • All of David’s acquaintances narrate their lives more or less like this.
    Alejandro Chacoff, The New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2022
  • The lyrics narrate love stories that took a turn for the worst not knowing if there will ever be a second chance.
    Billboard Staff, Billboard, 27 May 2022
  • Bardot is giving the project her full support, and will narrate the film herself.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 17 May 2022
  • So tell us who’s going to be narrating the audio version of the book.
    Fortune Editors, Fortune, 25 May 2023
  • His father stands on the sidelines, speaking to him through a walkie talkie to narrate the visuals.
    Alaa Elassar, CNN, 23 Oct. 2021
  • The proliferation of celeb voiceovers begs the question: Who should narrate the next one?
    The Editors, Outside Online, 21 Dec. 2022
  • For me, the great force and beauty of the human brain lies in its ability to create language, to speak, to narrate.
    Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 May 2024
  • Pearson were tapped to narrate the season's final three episodes.
    Dory Jackson, PEOPLE.com, 10 Jan. 2022
  • Next, each evening before bedtime, narrate the new dream aloud for about 10 minutes.
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 4 Aug. 2022
  • Decades of smoking, drinking and pain produced a rusty baritone that could narrate its way to the very soul of a man’s regret.
    Michael O’Donnell, WSJ, 15 Oct. 2022
  • Thank you Matt Berry for narrating the faux Thomas segment.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Still, the task of narrating the lives of Jacob and Wilhelm remains as thorny as the hedge that trapped Briar Rose’s suitors.
    Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Jonathan Rush, above, will conduct and Wordsmith will narrate.
    John Coffren, baltimoresun.com, 16 Sep. 2021
  • Imagine Rocky from the first movie narrating his life story.
    Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Sep. 2023
  • But a typical 18-year-old mainly wants to narrate their own life.
    Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2021
  • Podcaster Alie Ward has the ability to narrate her thoughts as if they were written in a script.
    Vulture, 25 Oct. 2023
  • The former actress summoned her skills to narrate a favorite book to Archie for his first birthday in May 2020.
    Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 4 Aug. 2022
  • This from a guy who suggested a talking camel narrate the picture.
    Brian Mansfield, USA TODAY, 2 July 2022
  • Who has been allowed to narrate Iraq’s recent history on the world stage?
    Mustafa Salim, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2022
  • Actor Lupita Nyong’o narrates the trip, teaching us about each part of our solar system in turn.
    Abbey Stone, SELF, 31 Oct. 2024

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