STORY in a Sentence
Learn STORY from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
365 example sentences for STORY, such as:
1. The story is almost certainly false.
2. I doubted whether the story is true.
3. The story was too grotesque to believe.
4. next, and parade in the upper story of the.
5. The story has attracted worldwide attention.
2. I doubted whether the story is true.
3. The story was too grotesque to believe.
4. next, and parade in the upper story of the.
5. The story has attracted worldwide attention.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of STORY
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story
n. a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
n. a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events
Classic Sentence: (185 in 13 pages)
1 next, and parade in the upper story of the.
2 "Finish this story while I set my heel," said Jo, handing him the book.
3 The story was not a long one, and when it was finished, he ventured to ask a few questions as a reward of merit.
4 "Nothing but a story, won't amount to much, I guess," returned Jo, carefully keeping the name of the paper out of sight.
5 As Miss Lamb had 'enjoyed' the story, this speech was not exactly grateful or complimentary.
6 There was great indignation at home when she told her story that evening.
7 It was very lovely, but I should have enjoyed it more if I had known the story better.
8 It isn't funny, like Jo's story, but I thought about it a good deal as I came home.
9 Of course you did, and spoiled your story by beginning at the wrong end.
10 Tell another story, Mother, one with a moral to it, like this.
11 Such was his story, but Minerva smiled and caressed him with her hand.
12 This was his story, but Ulysses went on eating and drinking ravenously without a word, brooding his revenge.
13 This may perhaps pass with the reader rather for an European or English story, than for one of a country so remote.
14 I made up a story as short and probable as I could, but concealed the greatest part.
15 I had heard some story of her too, a critical, unpleasant story, but what it was I had forgotten long ago.
Example Sentence: (180 in 13 pages)
1 The story should act as a warning to other prospective buyers.
2 The novel tells the story of a teenager driven to despair by the hypocrisy of the adult world.
3 The story tells of a man's journey of personal discovery up an African river.
4 The story is almost certainly false.
5 I have tried to write this story five times but I am still dissatisfied with me.
6 It tells the story of an aspiring young man's attempt to rise above the squalor of the street.
7 We'll need to fill the story out to make a full page article.
8 The story has attracted worldwide attention.
9 The story has received scant attention in the press.
10 A good mystery story is a battle of wits between author and reader.
11 The story was too grotesque to believe.
12 The tension in that story builds up toward a climax.
13 The story negated the trade supported by the government.
14 I doubted whether the story is true.
15 His story of what happened that night didn't correspond with the witness's version.