Sentence examples for mere plot from inspiring English sources

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MERE plot summary would give you a mistaken impression.

Evil existed as mere plot complication, as eradicable as a malarial mosquito.

Initially, we're given a primer on the mere plot of "The Tempest," largely by means of dumb show.

Yet these sharp moments stand in isolation, reduced by the literalness of the drama to mere plot points.

Too much has been cut from this play to make it emotionally intelligible, to give it a rhythm and pacing and keep from reducing it to mere plot.

But the craving for grownup glamour, however foolish, demands equal satisfaction, and "Spectre," in providing it, acquires a throb of mystery that cannot be explained by mere plot.

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Who wouldn't feel for Matt, having to choose between Ann Merai and Alex? (It's a plight worthy of Solomon, or perhaps Snoop Dogg.) Ms. Lathan's acute sensitivity balances the mere plot-device-conception of Ann Merai, and her moodiness seems to be a logical reaction to her brutish husband, a onetime football star whose glory days are over.

Of course, divulging the merest plot detail presents the risk of violating an implicit ethical rule governing all whodunits: Don't spoil the surprises.

Steve himself has to fight hand to hand for his very life, and it's no mere passing plot twist — he spends much of the movie physically wounded.

The rush of events is filtered through her elaborate network of relations and friends: she navigates between her father-in-law ("the colonel") and her own left-leaning parents as if their differences were mere quirks, plots protests over games of canasta and notes that a young man has been executed only to follow this news with the observation that so-and-so has brought her wonderful guava candy.

"The match itself threatened to turn into a mere sub-plot as fans turned up to get one last glimpse of Indian cricket's two biggest names in action during the Champions League Twenty20 final between Tendulkar-inspired Mumbai Indians and Dravid-led Rajasthan Royals," The Times of India reports.

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