How to Use retelling in a Sentence

retelling

noun
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  • It’s not my retelling of an episode from The Decameron.
    — Matthew Carey Salyer, Forbes, 13 May 2021
  • The film is a retelling of the story of Michael Oher, which was believed to be true at the time.
    — Gerald Nesmith, Essence, 1 Sep. 2023
  • The act of retelling doesn’t apply only to stories from the past.
    — Maya Chung, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Many heaped praise on the production, based on GQ’s retelling of the events.
    — Anh Do, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Clash of the Titans, a retelling of the ancient Greek myth of Perseus and Medusa, was just such a movie.
    — James Grebey, Vulture, 8 June 2021
  • Just as Erika told them the car flipped five times, Kyle and Dorit up it to six in the retelling.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2021
  • The play is an irreverent retelling of the lives of the Brontës.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 June 2023
  • The project is a modern-day retelling of Ruth and Boaz, one of the most iconic love stories in the Bible.
    — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 6 May 2024
  • Lannin’s name rarely gets mentioned in the retelling of Red Sox lore.
    — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Mar. 2021
  • Moments big and small receive the same, vivid retelling.
    — David Moore, Dallas News, 5 Feb. 2021
  • So this is both the retelling of the dream and his past in Philadelphia all over again.
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Hulu's true crime series isn't the first retelling of the story.
    — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 22 Nov. 2022
  • In one retelling, Zeus’s dear dog was stolen by the mortal Pandareus.
    — Liza Lentini, SPIN, 16 June 2022
  • As the years passed, the story grew more elaborate with each retelling.
    — Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 15 Sep. 2021
  • There’s something to be said for a retelling of the history through the points of view of Jones, Tripp and Lewinsky.
    — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Sep. 2021
  • The story will be a modern retelling of Austen's novel.
    — Annie Goldsmith, Town & Country, 2 May 2021
  • But the movie version isn't a direct retelling of Lyon's book.
    — EW.com, 21 June 2024
  • Here, Edwards lends her pure siren of a voice to a retelling of her own journey to Nashville.
    — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 18 Mar. 2022
  • True to Paint’s pre-release press, this is not a retelling of the life and times of the public-TV superstar.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Apr. 2023
  • But this isn’t yet another retelling of the novel in comics form.
    — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Oct. 2023
  • The first half which precedes the seder meal deals with the past – a retelling and reenactment of the Exodus from Egypt.
    — Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 11 Apr. 2022
  • In this retelling, Eliza — who wants to be a poet — is convinced to instead learn how to cook.
    — Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2021
  • And this was such a beautiful retelling of that villain.
    — Katcy Stephan, Variety, 27 July 2024
  • But Netflix isn't the first retelling of the notorious heist.
    — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 23 Sep. 2022
  • This retelling of the Charles Dickens classic will feature about 30 dancers.
    — oregonlive, 2 Nov. 2021
  • But Rickles, via Macdonald’s retelling, gets the best punch line of this clip.
    — Dan Reilly, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2021
  • Upon the East End series with this gender-bent retelling of Snow White.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 9 May 2024
  • The whole look is enough to put a smile on anyone's face, just like the series of Olaf's slapstick Disney retellings do.
    — Melissa Epifano, EW.com, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Kids who enjoy the cartoon series will have fun with a live-action retelling; just be prepared to explain the weed jokes.
    — Kara Nesvig, Parents, 8 Oct. 2024
  • Bourla’s pandemic heroics, for which he has been widely saluted, need no retelling.
    — Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2024

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