1 When he had finished his recitation there was a silence and then a burst of clapping: even Mr. Lyons clapped.
2 The first part closed with a stirring patriotic recitation delivered by a young lady who arranged amateur theatricals.
3 Music, dancing, and a recitation or two were the entertainments furnished, or rather, offered.
4 A very little boy stood up and sheepishly recited, "You'd scarce expect one of my age to speak in public on the stage," etc.
5 The meagre Latin class recited with honor.
6 The humorous poem was admirably recited, and the speaker much applauded.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenContext Highlight In THE SHOES OF FORTUNE 7 You would hardly have recited your touching history before it would go forth to the world, and be deemed unlikely and unnatural.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 56. Andrea Cavalcanti. 8 She was noticeable equally in the classroom grind and at dances, though out of the three hundred students of Blodgett, scores recited more accurately and dozens Bostoned more smoothly.
9 A "lady elocutionist" who recited Kipling and imitated children.
10 Joe recited this couplet with such manifest pride and careful perspicuity, that I asked him if he had made it himself.
11 Eustacia had occasionally heard the part recited before.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 2: 4 Eustacia Is Led on to an Adventure 12 School would always be begun before I reached it, and sometimes my class had recited.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. WashingtonContext Highlight In Chapter II. 13 Even small children could recite with hate and fear the horrors the Yankees had inflicted upon the conquered territory.
14 He charmed gatherings there with his wit and seldom needed much urging to recite his "Sword of Lee" or his deathless "Conquered Banner," which never failed to make the ladies cry.
15 "Ella, come on and recite 'Old Sweetheart of Mine,' for us," demanded Sam.