story line
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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“The Mandalorian and Grogu” also stems from a streaming series and does not continue the story line of the traditional “Star Wars” saga films that follow the Skywalker family.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
Real life is less faithful to that neat story line, according to Tyler Goodspeed, a Harvard and Cambridge-trained economic historian and the chief economist of Exxon Mobil.
From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026
Hollyoaks have worked closely with the charity Ovarian Cancer Action who have advised on the story line throughout the writing process.
From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026
Given a text prompt, Seedance 2.0 can arrange a coherent story line, create realistic voice-overs and background sounds, and generate complex character actions.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026
While upstairs, her face hot from the air rushing out of the vent, Desdemona resisted this new twist in the story line.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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