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
  • 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 | Mwake@al.com, 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
  • Just hearing the story retold feels like too much, right?
    Helena Andrews-Dyer, Washington Post, 4 July 2023
  • Zoom in: Like the first volume, the new one retells Shakespeare's work through Latino and Indigenous lenses.
    Russell Contreras, Axios, 15 Aug. 2024

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