Thesaurus results for NARRATING

narrating

verb

present participle of narrate

as in describing

to give an oral or written account of in some detail got a CD of the best-selling children's story that happened to be narrated by the author herself

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Recent Examples of narrating Related Stories After narrating several episodes with a history of women with the TK gene, which gives Carrie her telekinetic abilities, Adelaide is revealed as the person interviewing the survivors of the prom night fire. — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2026 Pacino, Sharon Stone, and Arnold Schwarzenegger all worked with Garcia from their homes—as did Streisand, who spent three months narrating My Name Is Barbra. — Brian Raftery, Vanity Fair, 6 Oct. 2026 Drama ranged from love triangles to nasty step-parents, tell-all novels to murder — all with the titular Gossip Girl watching and narrating it all. — Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2026 Two years ago, Shen Anyu, a voice actor who earns a living from narrating news commentaries and other short programs, began noticing an alarming number of videos on social-media platforms that seemed to feature his voice without his permission. — Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 19 Sep. 2026 Once roles are introduced to the game, the players make a comedy meal out of loudly fake narrating what Sam is doing while they’re blindfolded. — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026 Octavia Spencer also took home her first Emmy for narrating Lost Women of Alaska, and The Traitors‘ Alan Cumming extended his winning streak for best reality tv host. — HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026 As All In Goes Over Curfew Will Ospreay had the best entrance of the night, with his mum narrating his journey to the top of AEW. — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026 Jessica Hepburn, 44, started narrating audiobooks in 2019 from her $250 home studio set up in Fort Wayne, Ind. — Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026

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Paxton has contrasted himself and Talarico from the campaign trail — describing the Democrat as radical — and touts his work as attorney general, including battling big government and big corporations.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Oct. 2026
Trump opened his remarks there by describing how the new jet parked behind him was a gift from the Qatari royal family.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026

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Without recounting every amusing or harrowing detail, a good deal of interactive psychological grilling ensued.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
At the outset of Wednesday’s hearing, Judge Kaplan acknowledged the keen interest in LIV’s Chapter 11 case, recounting how he had been bombarded over the weekend at his golf club about what would happen next.

— Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 7 Oct. 2026

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Vellas will follow up a true crime hit with another real-life story by chronicling the 1988 accident, when the Bateau Mouche IV boat sank in Rio de Janeiro’s Guanabara Bay, killing 55 people.

— Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
From a book chronicling a legendary Auburn football season to the Thunderbirds roaring back into Mather, Sacramento-area readers have plenty to track this Friday.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of chronicling

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Conflict with Indigenous peoples on the Maine frontier had sent traumatized refugees into the region, relating horror stories of attacks on their homes.

— Jennifer Byrne, Popular Science, 15 Oct. 2026
Vollmann was also pessimistic, relating that feeling comes from more than America’s current political issues, but also from the world’s environmental problems.

— Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 11 Oct. 2026

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