Recite and Sketch

Recite

Recite verb - To give an oral or written account of in some detail.

Usage example: recited the funny story of how he and his girlfriend met

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Sketch and recite are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sketch" instead a verb "Recite".

Sketch verb - To give a representation or account of in words.

Usage example: briefly sketched the intent of the reorganization plan

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Recite and sketch are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Recite" instead a verb "Sketch".

Nearby Words: sketchy, sketched, sketching

recite curse

sketch curse

Monty Python's Flying Circus specialized in this: "The Cheese Shoppe", the "Spam" sketch, and one particular sketch where a screen containing all the synonyms of a certain word was lowered onto the stage and the audience was invited to recite from it.

Source: Long List
An audio sketch in one of the You Don't Know Jack games depicts Black Sabbath, in 1971, trying to find someone to recite the opening line of "Iron Man", only for all of the auditionees to fail miserably.

Source: Terrible Interviewees Montage

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