narrative
noun
a story or account of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious.
narratively
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a word derived from
narrative.
Example Sentences
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Beginning as a premium cable offering, it is now available on many streaming services, including Starz, allowing viewers to engage in its time travel ethos both literally and narratively.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026
Using songs based on real Shaker hymns, the movie’s most technically ambitious and narratively gratifying scenes depict these vigorous motions as communal expressions of hunger, obedience, grief, devotion and ecstasy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 2, 2025
Besides, there are other aspects to Murphy’s monstrosity, which he co-created with Jon Robin Baitz and Joe Baken of the narratively abortive “Grotesquerie,” worth pondering.
From Salon ● Nov. 6, 2025
Cregger’s sophomore effort is a significant improvement over “Barbarian,” more ambitious and narratively consistent than the hodgepodge of half-clever ideas that comprised his first feature.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2025
“I was watching you write—from way up there,” Nicholson said, narratively, pointing.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
