Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- imp. & p. p. of
retell .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
retell .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word retold.
Examples
-
Ditto for HER KIND by Jane Cahill, a collection of Greek myths retold from a female perspective.
-
The Lion and the Hare retold from the Sanskrit by Ramsay Wood
-
The Lion and the Hare retold from the Sanskrit by Ramsay Wood
-
The Lion and the Hare retold from the Sanskrit by Ramsay Wood
-
The traditional tales, "retold" by an illustrator, function as a mechanism for illustrators to capture the full ten percent royalty, and not have to split it with an separate individual author.
Nudge nudge wink wink Roger Sutton 2007
-
In one of my 2-year-old daughter's favorite books, "Mother Goose and the Sly Fox," "retold" by Chris Conover, a single mother (Mother Goose) of seven tiny goslings is pitted against (and naturally outwits) the sly Fox.
-
Hershel of Ostropol is a traditional figure in Jewish humorous tales set in 19th-century Ukraine, stories in this case "retold" by Eric A. Kimmel.
Five Best 2008
-
As the president placed the nation's highest honor around Lewis's neck, a narrator briefly retold the Civil Rights legend storied past and finished by saying, "John Lewis has earned our lasting gratitude for a lifetime dedicated to the pursuit of equality and justice for all."
John Lewis: True champion of 'equality and justice for all' Jonathan Capehart 2011
-
While it might have been disavowed -- "I find now that I can more or less acquit myself on any charge of having desired Martin carnally" -- the fact remains that after all the heady talk of Amis, all the heaps of praise and the retold stories, Hitchens' passion demands a disclaimer, even if the disclaimer is self-negating
Ashley Rindsberg: On Hitchens Ashley Rindsberg 2011
-
While it might have been disavowed -- "I find now that I can more or less acquit myself on any charge of having desired Martin carnally" -- the fact remains that after all the heady talk of Amis, all the heaps of praise and the retold stories, Hitchens' passion demands a disclaimer, even if the disclaimer is self-negating
Ashley Rindsberg: On Hitchens Ashley Rindsberg 2011
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.