human-interest story

[ hyoo-muhn-in-ter-ist, -tristor, often, yoo- ]

noun

1. a story or report, as in a newspaper or on a newscast, designed to engage attention and sympathy by enabling one to identify readily with the people, problems, and situations described.

Word History and Origins

Origin of human-interest story¹

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

That was why Jimmy knew there was a real human interest story in this thrilling leap from a burning plane.

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A human interest story sometimes slips past the trained nose of a reporter of twenty years' experience and is picked up by a cub.

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There are no rules to help us in writing any part of the human interest story.

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The human interest story has grown out of a number of causes.

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He knew a human-interest story when he met it walking in the road.

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