Sentence examples for narrative held from inspiring English sources

It might be splendid if this triumphant narrative held true, in Britain and in New York City.

That narrative held that the German military didn't really lose the First World War; the soldiers were betrayed by traitorous civilian politicians who signed an armistice.

My narrative held all the elements of tragic storytelling and just as much truth.

Whether the improving Illinois jobs picture is enough to alter the current negative narrative held by many voters that the Illinois economy is "struggling" remains an open question.

The official narrative held that police turned the students over to a local drug gang, who killed them, burned their bodies at a dump in the town of Cocula, and threw their ashes in the San Juan River, but that version has been widely discredited.

Further, this view completely disregards the competing narrative – held by many leading political and military analysts – that recognizes the role played by the U.S. invasion of Iraq, as well as its refusal to intervene in any meaningful way during the first months of the conflict in Syria, resulting in the rise of Daesh.

Of those three cases, the New Orleans/Chris Paul narrative holds the most potential for intrigue.

There's no more than a ghost of a narrative holding these gags together.

A storytelling battle of the sexes that reminds us that whoever controls the narrative holds the power.

This narrative holds particular sway in professional sports, which rely so heavily on extreme discipline and the mythology of the self-made warrior.

Obama's great potential for America, noted Indyk, is also a great threat to Islamist radicals — because his narrative holds tremendous appeal for Arabs.