Synonyms for narrating

Grammar : Verb

Spell : nar-eyt, na-reyt

Phonetic Transcription : ˈnær eɪt, næˈreɪt

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Définition of narrating

Origin : 1748, back-formation from narration or else from Latin narratus, past participle of narrare "to tell, relate, recount" (see narration). "Richardson and Johnson call it Scottish" [OED], a stigma which kept it from general use until 19c. A few mid-17c. instances are traceable to Spanish narrar. Related: Narrated; narrating.

verb describe, detail

Example sentences :

Vuillet commenced by narrating the entry of the insurgents into Plassans.
Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola

In doing so you will have the pleasure of narrating the reason of your fame.
Extract from : « The Economist » by Xenophon

He laughed while narrating this part at the recollection of his polite alacrity.
Extract from : « Lord Jim » by Joseph Conrad

After a short time the Indians all left the cabin, and the white men held a conference together, narrating past events.
Extract from : « The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago » by John S. C. Abbott

While they were narrating their adventures, others gathered round to listen.
Extract from : « Roger Willoughby » by William H. G. Kingston

The captain had been narrating some of them to us a few evenings before.
Extract from : « James Braithwaite, the Supercargo » by W.H.G. Kingston

Fanning has the solitary distinction of narrating the other side.
Extract from : « Paul Jones » by Hutchins Hapgood

His adventure was so thoroughly characteristic that I may be excused for narrating it.
Extract from : « Under the Red Crescent » by Charles S. Ryan

What I am narrating I have seen, and I am not the only one who saw it.
Extract from : « The Empress Josephine » by Louise Muhlbach

To judge from his tone in narrating, he said it in no amiable voice.
Extract from : « Memoirs of a Surrey Labourer » by George Sturt (AKA George Bourne)

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