The biographies, for example, are simply dry recitations of accomplishments and an occasional predictable aside.

There was also a sense of lively dialogue that framed the music as a discussion rather than a dry recitation.

But the dry recitations will belie what is at stake for both sides: billions of dollars.

Again I reduced the facts of a tender love-affair to a dry recitation of times and activities.

In Surreal's opinion, the dry recitation of actions fell far short of an explanation, but the other men didn't seem to notice that.

She nodded her head as if to punctuate the dry recitation.

The Foreign Office spokesman ceased his dry, slow recitation.

Hidden in the dry recitation of the bomb's components was a damning detail - the bomb did not contain any batteries.

Some people file reports that are dry recitations of facts.

The study, which is the journal's lead article, is couched more as a political statement than as a dry recitation of numbers.