All 12 Uses of
recite
in
Glory Road
- That last was uncalled for; while Star was reciting what a great guy I am, some eighteen or fifty people had gathered on the terrace, pushing and shoving and trying to get a better look.†
Chpt 8
- There was always something doing—dancers, jugglers, recitations of poetry—in the space between the tables.†
Chpt 8
- About two hours along in the feast, Jocko stood up, roared for silence, belched loudly, shook off maids who were trying to steady him, and started to recite.†
Chpt 8
- Same verse, different tune—he was reciting my exploits.†
Chpt 8
- I would have thought that he was too drunk to recite a limerick but he sounded off endlessly, in perfect scansion with complex inner rhymes and rippling alliterations, an astounding feat of virtuosity in rhetoric.†
Chpt 8
- I did not mean to offend, Oscar; I was reciting facts.
Chpt 10 *reciting = saying in detail -- especially a list of things
- I started circling right as I began to recite—and he let me: "Tweedledum and Tweedledee "Agreed to rustle cattle.†
Chpt 15
- He had, as I hoped, relaxed the tiniest bit, evidently expecting that I would go on with mock play, tips of Hades alone, while I was reciting.†
Chpt 15
- I couldn't stand up to recite; my pants were not only down I didn't have any on at all if I stood up they would see it the boys would laugh at me the girls would giggle and look away and tilt their noses.†
Chpt 15
- Nor did She stop being what She is by reciting a silly rhyme with you one bright day on a hilltop.†
Chpt 20
- One beard stood up and recited a poem.†
Chpt 22
- The beard who had recited the poem came over and stood in front of me.†
Chpt 22
Definition:
to say or read something aloud -- especially something previously memorized such as a poem
or:
to say in detail -- especially a list of things
or:
to say in detail -- especially a list of things