Sentence examples for a yarn about from inspiring English sources

Tells him a yarn about all the interesting….

But when the time comes, we'll reminisce, have a yarn about and I can't wait.

We'll have a few beers and a yarn about that day".

Instead he spins a yarn about the campaign being Frank Gleason's last great idea.

All Is Lost could have been very dull if it was just a yarn about a sailor stuck on a boat in the middle of nowhere.

Certainly stories of giant deals make the rounds: your correspondent heard a yarn about a Chinese bank board discussing whether to bid for Merrill Lynch.

The Guardian describes the film as "a ripping yarn about a dastardly father, a crippled son, a lovely schoolteacher and an innocent imprisoned".

The Big Sky (1952) starred Kirk Douglas as a fur trapper working his way along the Missouri River, while Monkey Business (1952), a goofy yarn about a scientist who discovers a rejuvenation serum, was a collaboration between Hawks, Grant, rising star Marilyn Monroe, and scenarists Hecht, Charles Lederer, and I.A.L. Diamond.

A good yarn about a photo and a guy with no pants may not change the economics of the industry, but it proves that having reporting boots on the ground still has value.

Salty O'Rourke (1945) returned Walsh to safer ground with a pleasant yarn about a racetrack con man (Alan Ladd) falling for a schoolteacher (Gail Russell).

Next is Jeff Foxworthy, who spins a long yarn about a family reunion before delivering the line, "You might be a redneck" — a better catchphrase, perhaps, in that it requires no explanation.