Sentence examples for habit of reciting from inspiring English sources

He is often wooden and unconvincing on the campaign trail, with an unfortunate habit of reciting the lyrics of patriotic songs in a sombre monotone.

The setting is bizarrely reminiscent of TV's Father Ted: a strange seaside "retirement home" for Catholic priests, complete with a protective and faintly sinister mother-hen figure and one very old priest suffering from dementia, who has a dramatically important habit of reciting things that he has heard, like a crazed tape recording.

And although the NEA study regretfully acknowledged no uptick in the appetite for poetry, maybe Blagojevich's habit of reciting poetry at his press conferences (Kipling, Tennyson) will push the public taste toward verse, as well.

If your child gets into the habit of reciting this list like a mantra, then gratitude will become second nature to him.

Make a habit of reciting it once in the morning after you wake up, and once at night before you go to bed.

I'm incapable of reciting song lyrics or quote movies.

Instead of reciting speeches, they engaged in dialog (Pangallo, 2013).

Their religious practices of reciting the Quran made them feel more comfortable and openly accept faith.

Adopt your own way of reciting softly without disturbing others.

And, Conway recites nearly verbatim the OED's definition: "the action or habit of estimating as worthless".

And although Velvel had been honest in his business dealings and had recited the Shema every night, his penny-pinching, along with his habit of stuffing his neighbors' mezuzahs with scrolls of prosciutto, had tipped the balance against him.