How to Use recapitulation in a Sentence

recapitulation

noun

• The opening of Act 2, which is the recapitulation of the pilot — the scene on the lifeboat — was originally going to be the opening of the episode.
  — Chancellor Agard, EW.com, 29 Jan. 2020
• Afterward there will be some chatter and recapitulation of what went on; nothing though like the action itself and the beat that pumps the heart.
  — Wesley Morris, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2019
• At first glance, the portion of Devarim is a random recapitulation of events the Jews experienced in the desert.
  — Rabbi Avi Weiss, Jewish Journal, 24 July 2017
• At first glance, the portion of Devarim is a random recapitulation of events the Jews experienced in the desert.
  — Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 12 July 2021
• Compared with the recapitulation of these notes around the two-hour, nine-minute mark, the entry of certain notes during the exposition hits more harshly.
  — New York Times, 24 Mar. 2022
• Look at how much of their review is spent in mindless recapitulation.
  — Wired Staff, Wired, 29 Sep. 2020
• Yet this book, which seems to want to be ferocious and bracing, feels like a competent arm's-length recapitulation.
  — Kathleen Rooney, chicagotribune.com, 22 May 2017
• At one point, we’re given a vivid recapitulation of recent terror attacks in London that only distracts from the tortured courtship at the play’s core.
  — New York Times, 19 Mar. 2020
• Putin desires most the recapitulation of the Russian Empire under his rule.
  — Matthew Continetti, National Review, 26 Mar. 2022
• Integral to the anatomy of some ballets and operas is the coda: a last gathering and recapitulation of themes, a pulling of the viewer back into her chair to hear an echo of the story’s conclusion.
  — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 9 June 2019
• Before the movement’s closing recapitulation of those themes, the players give us a spine-tingling moment.
  — New York Times, 23 June 2022
• From here on, a kind of recapitulation begins, with the slow chords and the circling music augmented by new elements, such as a quivering pattern in the violas and a thick, brooding chord in the brass.
  — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2019
• Recapitulations of plot are often dull as oats, but this novel, which took top prize at this year’s British Book Awards, spills over with so much intrigue that a plot summary can’t be helped, nor should potential readers be spared the pleasure.
  — Jennifer Senior, New York Times, 7 June 2017
• The result is a flat, almost robotic recapitulation of observations and events, narrating a vivid stream of footage from his life and career without emotion or intonation.
  — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 8 Mar. 2022
• As directed by Matthew MacDermid, plot recapitulation, tawdry secrets and shocking revelations all were delivered at the same pace and with the same emotional heft.
  — Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 7 Nov. 2020
• Not a slavish recapitulation of classical tropes, but a recasting of them into a work that’s somehow weighty and lithe, inexorable and unexpected, eternal and American, all at once.
  — Tony Adler, Chicago Reader, 24 Jan. 2018
• Approximately two hours later — after the serial-style transformations of the exposition have run their course — this same chord comes back during the recapitulation.
  — New York Times, 24 Mar. 2022
• Because such change is universal in the natural world, and because photography is now 180 years old, recapitulation of historical photographs has gained traction in many fields.
  — Jonathon Keats, Discover Magazine, 17 June 2019
• That device deepens our connection to what otherwise might have been a standard recapitulation of historical events.
  — Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2019
• This short, exciting opener sets themes from the eponymous operetta in a classical sonata form with an exposition, development, and recapitulation.
  — Jessica Rudman, courant.com, 13 Oct. 2019
• Stewart’s recapitulation of the War for Independence and debates over the Constitution is unremarkable, and some of his speculations should raise eyebrows.
  — Washington Post, 30 Apr. 2021
• Violinists and violists transport their bodies—and listeners along with them—into the deep past of our identity as mammals, an atavistic recapitulation of evolution.
  — David George Haskell, Wired, 8 Mar. 2022
• As the playwright intended, an all female, non-binary cast performs the all-male roles — a device that ineffably but undeniably deepens our connection to what might otherwise have been a standard recapitulation of historical events.
  — Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2019
• The story of twenty-first century digital media woe hardly needs recapitulation.
  — Jacob Silverman, The New Republic, 16 Mar. 2021
• The richly digressive plot defies easy recapitulation, but a dream cast evokes our fascination and compassion, never reducing the characters to obvious villainy, or conversely, tin-plaster saintliness.
  — Matt Cooper, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2019

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