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Example sentences for: recant

How can you use “recant” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

It's as if we were monologue writers for a late-night talk show who knew that tomorrow Richard Nixon would rise from the dead, recant his resignation, resume the presidency, and start having sex with Monica Lewinsky and Joey Buttafuoco.
This revelation was disquieting enough that the authorities of the time sought the only rational solution--they decided to burn Galileo alive if he didn't recant.
The troopers have yet to recant their charges that they had arranged and concealed Clinton's sexual adventures on public time.
The TP advises Tripp on crafting an affidavit that would recant statements she had made to Newsweek 's Isikoff.
The hardhearted spin: Sharpton continues to rationalize rather than recant or repent.