Example sentences for: retelling

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

  • The scrambled space opera The Fifth Element has all the fervor but none of the charm; it would probably improve in a 10-year-old's retelling.

  • The play is in essence a gay retelling of the Gospel.

  • A word of warning to those desperately seeking non-holiday fare: Although there's not an Xmas tree or menorah in sight, steer clear of NBC's retelling of Shakespeare's The Tempest (Sun.

  • Romeo and Juliet was a slickly-shot retelling of an timeless story, cost $19 million and made more than five times its cost worldwide.

  • 1752-53), took his cue from a contemporary retelling of the myth and updated the murderous missile to a tennis ball.


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