story line

noun

1. the plot of a book, film, play, etc

Example Sentences

Murphy is only too happy to play into the predominant story line for the National League Championship Series: The defending World Series champions, with a payroll three times that of the Brewers, against a plucky little outfit representing baseball’s smallest market.

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The movie doesn’t really make sense until the closing minutes, when we learn the withheld information, not that it directly affects the story line.

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And the story line has been no less dramatic than a TV series.

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It is a story line with a certain soap opera appeal.

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There’s a story line certain to provide inspiration — Palisades High trying to rise again after its campus was damaged during the Palisades fire.

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