story line
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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When the Lakers play their first exhibition game Monday night in Sacramento, the big story line will be the starting five.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
That is the story line of many military programs, from ships to satellites—great stuff that can’t be built fast at volume.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
“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
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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