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How to use recall in a sentence

40 example sentences · verb, noun

Recall means to withdraw, retract (one's words etc.); to revoke (an order). Example: “He was recalled to service after his retirement.”

Examples of recall by meaning

verbTo call back, bring back, or summon (someone) to a specific place, station, etc.

  • He was recalled to service after his retirement.
  • She was recalled to London for the trial.

verbTo remove an elected official through a petition and direct vote.

  • Newsom, a Democrat in the third year of his first term, that is increasingly fueling a movement to recall him from office in one of the bluest of blue states.2021 February 19, Nellie Bowles, “Hurt by Lockdowns, California’s Small Businesses Push to Recall Governor”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

verbTo call back (a situation, event, etc.) to one's mind; to remember; to recollect.

  • In fact, I hardly recall any occasion as a child when I was alone.1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus, published 2010, page 10
  • Ferguson, perhaps recalling how United had been comprehensively outfought in the 3-1 defeat at Liverpool last season, opted for a side with a more pragmatic look with Phil Jones moved into a midfield role.2011 October 15, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 1 - 1 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport
  • The scenework proves unsuccessful when Carmichael recalls not the source of her misandry but another episode of overacting, that of castratively biting off the moustache of an amorous man.2016, Leslie H. Abramson, Hitchcock & the Anxiety of Authorship

verbTo hearken back to, evoke; to be reminiscent of.

  • "The twinkling of the dancers' feet" comes to us in the Odyssey as a memory from that palace of Alkinoos, whose wonders recall to us so much that we have found in Crete.1907, Ronald M. Burrows, The Discoveries In Crete, page 6

verbTo request or order the return of (a faulty product).

  • On Feb. 26, the FDA posted a voluntary recall from Brassica Pharma, which is recalling several eye ointments with expiration dates ranging from February 2024 to September 2025.2024 February 28, Ramishah Maruf, “Popular eye ointments may not be sterile, recall warns”, in CNN

nounRequest of the return of a faulty product.

  • The recall said that no injuries related to the potentially unsterile facility have been reported.2024 February 28, Ramishah Maruf, “Popular eye ointments may not be sterile, recall warns”, in CNN

nounMemory; the ability to remember.

  • One little-known incident in No. 49's life is worth recall.1959 June, A. G. Dunbar, “The "Cardeans" of the Caledonian”, in Trains Illustrated, page 310

nounThe fraction of (all) relevant material that is returned by a search.

  • precision and recall

More sentences with recall

  • His jogging of my memory helped me recall what happened that day.From the entry jogging
  • As I recall, his book had to do with alien abductions.From the entry to do with
  • She retired at some point in her sixties, I don't recall exactly when.From the entry sixties
  • If you undertest your products before shipping them, expect more recalls and returns.From the entry undertest
  • I recall when they were called the Greys.From the entry when
  • The old fellow chortled as he recalled his youthful adventures.From the entry chortle
  • She could not recall the time of the incident.From the entry incident
  • He recalled his dissipated youth spent in nightclubs and bars.From the entry dissipated
  • The mayor is situated between probable censure and possible recall.From the entry situate
  • His eyes grew wistful as he recalled his university days.From the entry wistful
  • The affected products had to be recalled.From the entry affected
  • The day-after recall test is one of the original forms of advertising research, but few people still use it because the data and analysis are limited.From the entry day-after recall test
  • I said something to the cashier, like, ‘I think you gave me the wrong rate,’” HaBahiyir recalled.2026 May 27, Theia Chatelle, “A stronger shekel has become a pressing problem for Americans building lives in Israel”, in The Times of…. From the entry shekel
  • A private chef prepared “chicken with some pretty good white wine”, LeCun recalls.2026 January 3, Melissa Heikkilä, “Lunch with the FT: Yann LeCun”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd.…. From the entry woo
  • Some recalled napping or watching a movie through most of labor.2025 November 25, Jillian Pretzel, “I got an epidural for all three of my births – none of them worked as expected”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry epidural
  • Sharon recalled that from the start of their relationship, her husband wanted to understand antisemitism.2025 July 22, “Was Ozzy Osbourne Jewish, or ‘half a heeb’?”, in The Jerusalem Post. From the entry Ozzy
  • “Angie was American, she was tall, cool and as bold as brass,” recalls Ronson.2024 April 2, Sarfraz Manzoor, quoting Suzi Ronson, “‘Bowie said he’d sell his soul to be famous’: Suzi Ronson on sex, ruthless ambition –…. From the entry bold as brass
  • “He was strapping,” Browde recalled decades later, and everyone looked up and clocked him.2023 December 2, Jonny Steinberg, “The Mandela behind the mask”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd.…. From the entry strapping
  • It is hard to recall the last time a drug so excited the general public.2023 October 9, Tressie McMillan Cottom, “Ozempic Can’t Fix What Our Culture Has Broken”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry fen-phen
  • After what felt like 20 instances, Polley recalls, “I kind of snapped” at Logan Airport in Boston.2023 February 28, David Canfield, “Frances McDormand and Sarah Polley Just Want to Keep Talking”, in Vanity Fair. From the entry sit with
  • I’m not going to find a dealer selling at MSRP,” recalled Rathjen, a technical writer.2022 June 17, Allan Chernoff, “Soaring US car prices compel buyers to travel thousands of miles for deals”, in The Guardian. From the entry MSRP
  • A faction recalled Duke mentioning Bajan ancestry at some point, which lent credence to the tale.2021, Colson Whitehead, Harlem Shuffle, Fleet, pages 241–242. From the entry bajan
  • He recalls looking after the bird for a few years until he couldn’t do it anymore.2021 November 28, Azeefa Fathima, “Birds of a feather rejoice together in this TN man's home”, in New Indian Express, Good News. From the entry squeaker
  • Han left office after losing a recall vote on June 6.2020 October 14, Wang Shu-fen, Matthew Mazzetta, “Kaohsiung nixes proposal to adopt Hanyu Pinyin street signs”, in Focus Taiwan, archived…. From the entry han
  • Groups supporting the recall of Kaohsiung City Mayor Han Kuo-yu also organized a vigil in Kaohsiung.2020 June 5, C. Chuang, “Vigils Marking June 4 Held in Taipei, Kaohsiung [悼念六四31週年 北燭光晚會.高放天燈]”, in Public Television Service, archived…. From the entry Gushan
  • They are able to recall past images and apply them to current problem solving.2019, Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Jonathan Cape, page 43. From the entry macaque
  • He even surprised himself on being able to recall what Webelo stood for.2019 February 26, Joe Gonzalez, Exploring Winding Roads and Dusty Trails, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN. From the entry Webelo
  • In recent years sites that recall those nail-biting days of Sino-Soviet hostility have become tourist attractions.2019 December 7, “Tense times recalled”, in The Economist, volume 433, number 9172, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 42. From the entry Zhenbao
  • “We would have the same conversation three times in one day,” she recalled.2019 January 28, Lavanya Ramanathan, “Lifestyle guru B. Smith has Alzheimer’s. Her husband has a girlfriend. Her fans aren’t having it.”…. From the entry WebMD

Meaning of recall

  1. verb To withdraw, retract (one's words etc.); to revoke (an order).
  2. verb To call back, bring back, or summon (someone) to a specific place, station, etc.
  3. verb To remove an elected official through a petition and direct vote.

Full definition of recall

Questions about recall in a sentence

How do you use recall in a sentence?
Recall is used as a verb and noun. For example: “He was recalled to service after his retirement.”
What is a short sentence with recall?
“precision and recall”
What does recall mean?
Recall means to withdraw, retract (one's words etc.); to revoke (an order).

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Adapted from Wiktionary: recall (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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