Example sentences for: recanted

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

  • An alleged copycat case of three white men dragging a black man from a car has been recanted.

  • Goldwater later recanted this view, and even the most conservative Southern politicians now laud the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which removed barriers that legally prevented blacks from living and working where they wished.

  • But in the same article Isikoff reported that Steele had later recanted and said that Willey "had asked her to 'lie' about what had happened in order to give credibility to the allegation that she had been harassed."

  • Although there have been suggestions of contacts between Iraq and al Qaeda regarding chemical weapons and explosives training, the most detailed information alleging such ties came from an al Qaeda operative who recanted much of his original information.

  • Hours later, the paper recanted: "the source for the story, a longtime Washington lawyer familiar with the case, later said the information provided for Tuesday's report was inaccurate."


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