Sentence examples for means narrative from inspiring English sources

Right now, there's so much flux and uncertainty -- some of it nerve-wracking -- that it's hard to resist shaping various developments into a What It All Means narrative. .

The rise of the internet and each campaign's rapid response teams means narratives of attack and defense are all too dominant in the modern 24 hour news cycle.

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But then, immediately, he doubles back: "Let me refine my terms: I do not mean narrative prose fiction tout court is dying — the kidult boywizardsroman and the soft sadomasochistic porn fantasy are clearly in rude good health.

But when Barthelme is good, he's astoundingly good, in a way that mocks his reputation as a minimalist, if by minimalism we mean narratives purged of effervescence and lilt.

Trying to cram a six-part BBC television series into a 92-minute movie means inevitable narrative tinkering, but "Blood" feels more damaged than most.

The book's density of detail and leisurely perusal of its milieus sometimes means that narrative momentum is sacrificed to an immersion in the worlds being conjured.

This may be intentional — Hustvedt may be warning us of the folly of hoping for neat resolutions in our explorations of past pains — but it means the narrative slackens somewhat toward the end.

The grammatical structure of Mandarin differs substantially to English language which means the narrative of an interview might not be captured accurately [ 3, 4].

Our inborn thirst for narrative means that story — its power, purpose and relevance — will endure as long as the human animal does.

All the government can do is construct a moralistic good-housekeeping, live-within-our-means narrative of future redemption, but the modern appetite for exhortation is strictly limited.