human-interest story
[ hyoo-muhn-in-ter-ist, -trist or, often, yoo- ]
noun
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.
Origin of human-interest story
1First recorded in 1925–30
Words Nearby human-interest story
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How to use human-interest story in a sentence
That was why Jimmy knew there was a real human interest story in this thrilling leap from a burning plane.
The Flying Reporter | Lewis E. (Lewis Edwin) TheissA human interest story sometimes slips past the trained nose of a reporter of twenty years' experience and is picked up by a cub.
If You Don't Write Fiction | Charles Phelps CushingThere are no rules to help us in writing any part of the human interest story.
Newspaper Reporting and Correspondence | Grant Milnor HydeThe human interest story has grown out of a number of causes.
Newspaper Reporting and Correspondence | Grant Milnor HydeHe knew a human-interest story when he met it walking in the road.
Local Color | Irvin S. Cobb
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