Sentence examples for recite upon from inspiring English sources

They are part of the litany of excuses that many students recite upon finding themselves accused of plagiarizing college term papers.

I'm very taken with the Modeh Ani prayer recited upon waking.

Islamic belief believes ideally the Shahadah is the first words a newborn will hear; children are taught it immediately and it will be recited upon death.

For certain people, the 1957 movie "Sweet Smell of Success" has an almost "Rocky Horror Picture Show" cult appeal: we could, if called upon, recite whole chunks of its dialogue.

It is traditional for officers to recite the oath upon promotion but as long as the officer's service is continuous this is not actually required.

He stared at me, twitched, fidgeted like a schoolboy called upon to recite.

That evening, Mr. al-Gakh had an opportunity to recite his "lovely" song upon receiving an award from the Palestinian minister of culture.

On the day when the assignment was due, we were called upon to recite, verbatim, the meaning and derivation of any word she called out to us.

His classroom is a sort of ravishing intellectual revue: the students are called upon to recite poetry, to improvise scenes using the subjunctive and conditional forms of French verbs, to act out classic movie scenes, even to sing popular songs.

The Webster's New Collegiate Dictionaries, published by G. & C. Merriam Company of Springfield, Massachusetts, are essentially abridgments of that company's Webster's New International Dictionaries, and recite that they are based upon those lengthier works.

It is odd that many of the same conservatives who have reamed Obama for refusing to stand up to the United States' foes and who recite Ronald Reagan's "shining city upon a hill" speech by heart now are willing to support as a presidential candidate someone who does not even perceive aggressive dictators as foes.