How do you use Reciting in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Reciting in a sentence
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Reciting meaning
present participle and gerund of recite
Using Reciting
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of recite
- In the example corpus, reciting often appears in combinations such as: reciting the, and reciting, by reciting.
Context around Reciting
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 11 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Reciting
- In this selection, "reciting" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, newspapers, officer, finish, words, prayers and verses stand out and add context to how "reciting" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include actors onstage reciting my lines and an officer reciting the notice. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "reciting" sits close to words such as abstinence, adventurer and alters, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with reciting
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Reciting these reinforce this recognition. (5 words)
He was merely reciting what had long been determined by reality. (11 words)
Our daughter, however, stood stock still, reciting the rhyme, brow furrowed, thinking. (12 words)
A careful poetic craftsman, he could nonetheless be a reckless steward of his own work, scrawling poems in the narrow margins of newspapers, reciting words in coffee shops and at house parties. (32 words)
Before reciting the memorial prayer for martyrs of the Holocaust, Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg read an extract from the Pearls Of Childhood by Vera Gissing, who escaped to Britain from Czechoslovakia in 1939. (32 words)
Sanjay Yadav created an atmosphere of joy by reciting the songs Khai Ke Paan Banaras Wala and Govind Aala Re while Sanjay Yadav set the mood for Main Jat Yamla Pagla Deewana. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
A careful poetic craftsman, he could nonetheless be a reckless steward of his own work, scrawling poems in the narrow margins of newspapers, reciting words in coffee shops and at house parties.
Almost any police procedural television crime show includes an officer reciting the notice that resulted from that case: “You have the right to an attorney.
Another man walked through the crowd of protesters weaving in and out while reciting prayers.
Before reciting the memorial prayer for martyrs of the Holocaust, Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg read an extract from the Pearls Of Childhood by Vera Gissing, who escaped to Britain from Czechoslovakia in 1939.
But before he can finish reciting his creed or find redemption, Din plummets into the murky depths of the waters, prompting Bo-Katan to rescue him once again.
During the program Dr. Jubilee shares her experiences with segregation during the Jim Crow Era alongside reciting her original poetry.
He was merely reciting what had long been determined by reality.
He witnessed Hillsborough from the commentary box, and gave an emotional description of the memorial service for the victims of the disaster, reciting the words of You'll Never Walk Alone.
In a madrassa in the Afghan capital, rows of teenage rock back and forth reciting verses of the Koran under the watchful eye of a religious scholar.
In a way, then, it’s not surprising that people often imagine that introducing a new currency and reciting the correct incantations can solve a nation’s economic problems.
In one video, crowds of Jewish settlers could be heard reciting the Jewish prayer for the dead as they stared at a building in flames.
I still recall the first line of my admittedly amateurish satire, which was given a reading with profs, graduate students and professional actors onstage reciting my lines.
Our daughter, however, stood stock still, reciting the rhyme, brow furrowed, thinking.
Reciting these reinforce this recognition.
Sanjay Yadav created an atmosphere of joy by reciting the songs Khai Ke Paan Banaras Wala and Govind Aala Re while Sanjay Yadav set the mood for Main Jat Yamla Pagla Deewana.
The event consisted of volunteers reciting the names of those killed during the Holocaust, as well as their ages, places of birth and the locations of their death.
Then he drew laughs by reciting a few sentences of the Gettysburg Address in unintelligible Scottish style.
The riders stopped at schools throughout the county, praying at flagpoles and reciting the Pledge of Allegiance.
These people have far too much money for their own good," Richard read, reciting one.
When the train started moving, everybody on board was reciting the Kaddish, a Hebrew mourning prayer for the dead, he said.
Common combinations with reciting
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- reciting the 43×
- and reciting 13×
- by reciting 7×
- while reciting 6×
- reciting prayers 5×
- the reciting 5×
- began reciting 4×
- reciting tone 4×
- was reciting 3×
- in reciting 3×