Sentence examples for basic stories from inspiring English sources

"We run two basic stories here," says Lockhart.

They're exchanging freshman year confidences, telling their most basic stories along with anecdotes about naps.

"They are our basic stories, the building blocks of American culture of our day.

The basic stories are derived from the popular lore of the ancient Middle East; parallels can be found in the extant literature of the peoples of the area.

Dramas about alcoholism and recovery have little room to maneuver between two basic stories: one of resilience and regeneration, the other ending in self-destruction.

Another is that rock movies, like rock itself, deal with the recycling of basic stories, themes and riffs that balance delicately between archetype and cliché.

But the basic story seems clear.

The basic story, by now, is familiar.

The basic story has not changed, either.

That was the basic story line yesterday.

It doesn't change the basic story".