Sentence examples for a straightforward narrative from inspiring English sources

His new book is not a straightforward narrative of the British empire's rise and fall.

For such a straightforward narrative, it's a bit of a structural mess.

Should we take the story as a straightforward narrative, or is there a level of political parable here?

It appears to be, in fact, a straightforward narrative history of the personalities of the British monarchs.

This is not a comprehensive history with a straightforward narrative, touching on all the major events of modern British history.

After they all change into tuxedos, Ms. Sagna unapologetically takes a jab at postmodern trendiness and introduces a straightforward narrative.

"The Discreet Hero," an energetic book with a more straightforward narrative method than almost any other Vargas Llosa novel, centers on an extortion plot against the self-made owner of a local transport company, a good man who refuses to pay, and whose son and mistress may be in on the crime.

First, the lyric provides a rhetorical depth in the middle of what is otherwise a mostly straightforward narrative about the largest ship to sink in the Great Lakes.

AIDS used to present a grimly straightforward narrative.

Perhaps Azzopardi avoided a more straightforward narrative because she did not quite believe she could do justice to horrific childhood experiences she had not undergone herself.

A brisk, straightforward narrative lends ballast to each lyrical flight, making Annabella's story as compelling to read as it is dazzling.