story line
nounDefinition of story line
: the plot of a story or drama
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Examples of story line in a Sentence
the story line is clumsily interrupted several times to provide some much-needed background information
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Lots of cross-program connections, a recruiting snafu and an NCAA violation add to the story lines for Saturday’s Hawaii-Oregon game. — oregonlive, "On mastering the fine art of being a successful, in-game college football coach: Issues & Answers," 3 Sep. 2019 But even with playoff dreams having gone out the window back in July, there’s still a handful of positive story lines to write home about. — Jeff Bailey, The Denver Post, "Rockies Insider: Five silver linings to Colorado’s lost, last-place season," 29 Aug. 2019 The Pac-12′s quest for redemption and Willie Taggart both turn up as story lines The Athletic’s Stewart Mandel will be watching in Week 1. — oregonlive.com, "Auburn and Oregon meet for the first time since the epic 2011 national title game: Issues & Answers," 26 Aug. 2019 This installment is Hoover High: A couple of story lines highlighted the 2018-19 season for the Tornadoes, who saw their football team forfeit part of the season before deciding not to field a varsity squad for the next two years. — Charles Rich, Glendale News-Press, "Looking Back: Hoover football, boys’ water polo make most noise during 2018-19 campaign," 6 Aug. 2019 Comics develop cultural and societal awareness Comic books are excellent at weaving contemporary and historical information into their story lines. — Los Angeles Times, "The case for comic books," 16 Aug. 2019 Beyond that, the women's final played a century ago featured themes, story lines and a cast of characters thoroughly familiar today. — Jon Wertheim And Jacob Feldman, SI.com, "The Incomparable Life and Mysterious Death of Suzanne Lenglen," 27 June 2019 Although the characters and story lines are fictional, there is an NCIS in real life. — Jennifer Aldrich, Country Living, "Wait, What Does 'NCIS' Stand For?," 30 May 2019 Set in rural Northern Ireland in 1981, the nearly three-and-a-half-hour play bursts at the seams with characters and story lines marked by Butterworth’s hallmark humor, ambition, and a feel for how history and myth live on in the present. — Adam Green, Vogue, "Jez Butterworth’s Irish Family Epic The Ferryman Comes to Broadway," 19 Oct. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'story line.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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