Explore Recanting through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Recanting meaning
present participle and gerund of recant
Using Recanting
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of recant
- In the example corpus, recanting often appears in combinations such as: recanting the, recanting his.
Context around Recanting
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 6 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Recanting
- In this selection, "recanting" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, woman, allegiance, withdrawing and doctrines stand out and add context to how "recanting" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include coleman were recanting their accusations and emma before recanting his entire. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "recanting" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with recanting
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Luistro then asked Espenido if he was recanting his allegations against De Lima. (13 words)
I’ve been asked to recant the song and it’s like, I’m not recanting the song. (18 words)
Many victims who agree to testify end up recanting, withdrawing their public statement, before their offender is sentenced. (18 words)
It’s based on the An Unbelievable Story of Rape,” in which an 18-year-old girl reports her assault only to be called a liar by the police, who coerce her into recanting. (34 words)
At the time of Valentine’s trial in 1994, prosecutor Michael Pepper argued that Higgins and Coleman were recanting their accusations only because they were afraid of retaliation for putting Valentine behind bars. (33 words)
He asked to be exempted from recanting doctrines which he had never taught; others, which the assembly considered erroneous, he was not willing to revoke; to act differently would be against his conscience. (33 words)
Example sentences (10)
At the time of Valentine’s trial in 1994, prosecutor Michael Pepper argued that Higgins and Coleman were recanting their accusations only because they were afraid of retaliation for putting Valentine behind bars.
Chaudhry also detailed the alleged evidence, which she said includes video footage from the site of the reported incident, testimony from eyewitnesses, and two written statements from the woman recanting the allegations.
Luistro then asked Espenido if he was recanting his allegations against De Lima.
Further afield, jihadists in Afghanistan, Nigeria and elsewhere show no sign of recanting allegiance, and intelligence services say IS devotees in the West might plot new attacks.
He went as far as to spill the beans to Tom’s sister Emma before recanting his entire story and claiming to be hacked.
It’s based on the An Unbelievable Story of Rape,” in which an 18-year-old girl reports her assault only to be called a liar by the police, who coerce her into recanting.
I’ve been asked to recant the song and it’s like, I’m not recanting the song.
Many victims who agree to testify end up recanting, withdrawing their public statement, before their offender is sentenced.
He asked to be exempted from recanting doctrines which he had never taught; others, which the assembly considered erroneous, he was not willing to revoke; to act differently would be against his conscience.
Muslim sources say a by-product of the agreement was the recanting of Islam by many Christians who had been forced to convert under Al-Hakim's persecutions.
Common combinations with recanting
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: