Sentence examples for narrative land from inspiring English sources

Like its predecessors it is an unerring thesaurus of gestural tells, a trove of briskly rendered asides ("We shook hands limply, in the manner of a cold prisoner exchange on the Potsdam bridge"); but it is also full of unheeded warnings about the lay of the narrative land.

The term 'encroachment' implies that there is just one pattern, or narrative, of land tenure change.

The seasonal cycle was clear and powerful, but the narratives around land, people and language (the key stories the Elders are so keen to preserve and transmit) were positioned as utterly foundational.

The narratives of land use transformation told by both male and female respondents indicate that the introduction and use of enclosures has contributed to increasing the status of women within the community and opening up for new, female-dominated livelihood strategies.

He came back to birdie two of the next three holes, and had a chance to flip the entire narrative after landing his tee shot within six feet at No. 16.

The narrative of this land is built around timber, water and native people.

The making of new maps – both of narrative and of land – is one of Macfarlane's enduring fascinations.

In places, Van Mil's languorous descriptive passages may seem to promise more than they actually deliver, but the strong characterisation and the underpinning narrative of disputed land rights, conspiracy and murder provide a meaty, gripping and utterly compelling read.

As Perret explores the intersections between modernist form and applied genres such as craft, fashion, and theater, she creates work that often relates to an ongoing narrative she calls Land of Crystal.

The chief subject of Aboriginal narratives is the land.

But beneath the story of abundance and of friendship, there's also a counter-narrative of lost land, language and customs.