Sentence examples for was not reciting from inspiring English sources

The challenge was not reciting Bible verses, nor naming the Disciples like Tom Sawyer had to do.

Her story was not recited.

Meanwhile, her neighbor, when he's not reciting "Hamlet" in his apartment, dresses up as some kind of 19th-century German baron, complete with fake beard, walking stick and kid gloves -- the kind of get-up women in San Francisco apparently find irresistible.

Her "quality of mercy" speech is not recited as airy poetry, but as a desperate conversation with Shylock, as she tries to persuade him not to claim his pound of flesh because "earthly power" is closest to God's "when mercy seasons justice".

His name is not recited in chants.

They aren't reciting polished zingers from a Broadway master.

And second-graders aren't reciting rhymes -- they're analyzing poetry.

The most basic text of the haggadah, which comes from the Bible --arami oved avi -- was not originally recited by the Jews enslaved in Egypt: it was recited by the next generation, upon entering the Land of Israel.

Speaker Jimmy Naifeh asked Ms. Brooks to stand outside the chamber during the pledge if she was not going to recite it.

Judge Daniels ruled that a character witness could give his opinion but was not allowed to recite chapter and verse.

The new test will also try to ensure that prospective citizens understand basic concepts of American democracy and are not merely reciting facts by rote.