Sentence examples for narrative worth from inspiring English sources

Without a narrative worth chasing, the festivities bore quickly.

Least likely was that the evening was actually dull; more plausible was that he'd got too drunk to recall events in a narrative worth retelling; most probable was that he'd done something he could remember very well and did not wish to discuss.

Presenting a film "inspired by" the biblical story of Noah in Genesis, of course, is a tall order; if it follows the biblical text exactly, few might find anything new in the narrative worth taking in.

Heller did survive, of course, and four years later the critics decided that the flighty little upstart who had had such trouble piecing together a sentence, or narrative, worth more than a few minutes of their precious attention had undergone some miraculous metamorphosis in which infelicities were replaced by seamless elegance, plodding one-liners with timeless apercus.

She suggested that this might indicate a micro-narrative worth exploring, and it turned out that there was a structure behind them: whenever Twombly, distraught, spoke of the dead cat, the smiles waned.

But after more than 350 years, there are other narratives worth exploring as well, including India's own complicated relationship with the monument, and with the Islamic emperors who built it and many of this country's architectural treasures.

Contrary to received wisdom, Hammond is sure that a good narrative is worth much more than a neat sketch, because the human brain is wired to understand an idea perfectly when put in words.

The post-war years brought ever more terror, and ever more sycophancy but also a physical and mental decline that set his subordinates thinking about what might follow.This, like many other chapters in Mr Sebag Montefiore's racy narrative, is worth a separate book of its own.

Agree or disagree, Neurotic Beauty is a compelling, scholarly, narrative well-worth the time of readers seeking a better understanding of Japan.

Now, before this becomes the accepted narrative, it's worth looking at how true, exactly, this is.

Yet an early-to-late narrative is well worth tracing. 1 2 Next Page » "Ken Price Sculpture: A Retrospective" continues through Sept. 22 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art; (212) 535-7710, metmuseum.org.org