Sentence examples for defining narratives from inspiring English sources

The gripping story of Galileo's trial before the Roman Inquisition is one of the defining narratives of Western civilization.

McCain's tempered approaches on immigration and climate change are small bore stuff compared to the defining narratives on the war and the economy.

If you're reading this article, I'm going to go ahead and assume that, while you're dimly aware that Ed Sheeran exists, his career is not one of the defining narratives in your life.

There's really no defining narrative".

(Scott) 'Contraband' (R, 1 50) Implausibility as a defining narrative principle is part of the kick of this mostly thrill-free thriller about a New Orleans smuggler (Mark Wahlberg), as is the director Baltasar Kormakur's fondness for industrial grunge.

(Manohla Dargis) 'Contraband' (R, 1 50) Implausibility as a defining narrative principle is part of the kick of this mostly thrill-free thriller about a New Orleans smuggler (Mark Wahlberg), as is the director Baltasar Korm?r's fondness for industrial grunge.

(Scott) 'Contraband' (R, 1 50) Implausibility as a defining narrative principle is part of the kick of this mostly thrill-free thriller about a New Orleans smuggler (Mark Wahlberg), as is the director Baltasar Kormákur's fondness for industrial grunge.

(Manohla Dargis) 'Contraband' (R, 1 50) Implausibility as a defining narrative principle is part of the kick of this mostly thrill-free thriller about a New Orleans smuggler (Mark Wahlberg), as is the director Baltasar Kormákur's fondness for industrial grunge.

(Dargis) 'Contraband' (R, 1 50) Implausibility as a defining narrative principle is part of the kick of this mostly thrill-free thriller about a New Orleans smuggler (Mark Wahlberg), as is the director Baltasar Kormákur's fondness for industrial grunge.

If anything, the film's adherence to implausibility as a defining narrative principle — a reliably winning Mark Wahlberg plays a New Orleans super-smuggler on a fast boat to Panama who faces a wolf, an armored truck and a drip painting — is part of its low-key kick, as is the director Baltasar Kormakur's fondness for industrial landscapes.

Altidore's disallowed goal then cast a defining narrative in the match and once Ramsey tucked in after a sweet pass from Giroud for his fifth of the season, Sunderland could not find a way back.