Sentence examples for backbone of the plot from inspiring English sources
She sets the stories in a redneck town in Louisiana, and mortal-on-immortal action provides the backbone of the plot.
Their financial problems – as a result of Pete's handouts to his luckless dad (Albert Brooks) and a foolhardy plan to relaunch the career of 70s rocker Graham Parker – are supposed to form the backbone of the plot.
It's harder to write the book with no sense of direction than it is with a solid idea of the backbone of the plot.
This makes the backbone of the book, the plot revolving around the consequences of breaking a promise.
It described earlier arrests as an attempt to "break the backbone" of the protests and spoke of a plot to use arson attacks to destabilise the government.
With Casa Familiar as the backbone of the project, Cruz set about trying to turn two under-used plots of land into a dense programme of affordable housing and social amenities.
They were the backbone of the paper".
Beans are the backbone of the dish.
The middle class is the backbone of the economy.
Rod Stewart called him the "backbone" of the Faces.
My mom is really the backbone of the family.
