Sentence examples for were recounted from inspiring English sources
verb
To tell over; to relate in detail; to recite; to tell or narrate the particulars of.
- The old man recounted the tale of how he caught the big fish.
Tonight, Mr. Gore picked up a net gain of 48 votes in Broward County, after about one-fifth of the precincts' votes were recounted; Mr. Bush had a net gain of one after the first handful of votes were recounted in Palm Beach County.
But on both occasions, they said, the ballots were recounted.
Colonel Stirling's exploits were recounted in a book by Virginia Cowles, "The Phantom Major" (Harpers, 1958).
Their detailed stories were recounted in an article in The Philadelphia Inquirer.
The accounts of the martyrdom of men and women were recounted in the Martyrs Mirrorr.
His travels were recounted in the Saga of Erik and the Tale of the Greenlanders.
Each of the three precincts that were recounted today are considered heavily Democratic turf.
But the judicial panel rejected his motion, and paper ballots were the only ones that were recounted in most places.
Her experiences were recounted in The War After: Living with the Holocaust (1996) by her journalist daughter, Anne Karpf.
These events were recounted in Roddy Doyle's novels "A Star Called Henry" and "Oh, Play That Thing".
Unfortunately, though, the Bush team wanted to win, without any concern as to whether all the votes were recounted.
