American Hustle is apparently loosely based on true events.
Hanya Yanagihara's suspenseful first novel, "The People in the Trees," is based loosely on this true story, with a number of horrifying twists.
As expected, this was a night for The Revenant, based loosely on the true story of a 19th-century trapper who endures an ordeal of survival and revenge.
This first novel, based loosely on a true story, is "absorbing, affecting and beautifully written," Liam Callanan wrote here in 2001.
In "War Dogs," directed by Todd Phillips and based loosely on a true story, it's the federal government and its client states that are being scammed.
It is based loosely on the true story of 16th-century conquistador Lupe De Aguirre (Kinski), the second-in-command of a Spanish force journeying down the Amazon in search of the mythical riches of El Dorado.
With elections looming five days before Christmas, the party has had to face the fact that its popularity declined in the middle of the year, which Iglesias will allude to, but only loosely – "It's true that we received many attacks and we made a lot of errors, and this you see.
The term "pre-archaeological" was used to describe churches designed using features only loosely derived from true Gothic.
In 2006, Fey worked on a movie script for Paramount Pictures, which was to feature Sacha Baron Cohen, by the name of Curly Oxide and Vic Thrill, based loosely on the true story of a Hasidic rock musician.
