Sentence examples for stories proceeded from inspiring English sources

In fact, the operation in the building, which has 35 stories, proceeded so smoothly that most of the tenants did not have to be evacuated and some slept right through the whole thing, while others, after being told to stay in their apartments, stood nervously by their windows watching the assault against the fire unfold.

Formally, some stories proceed straight to the final shock or stunning image, as in "The Drop," with its beautiful closing opposition of earth and sky.

When his stories proceed — if they proceed at all — it is often by way of a kind of comic language-momentum.

The stories proceed by implication, by hints and glimpses; things turn on fractures in perception, on double-takes, on our uncertainty about what we see or hear.

At the level of the sentence, her stories proceed within the grammar of conventional realism; but at the formal level, her work invents its own grammar, which is why her stories strike many readers as closer to novellas than to any idea of "the conventional well-made short story".

Brian (I've changed his name for this story) proceeded to tell me why he was calling.

The story proceeds along several lines.

The story proceeds as expected, with a few comic touches.

Unfortunately, the story proceeds by choppy fits and starts.

From that point on, the story proceeds surely to a strong climax and resolution.

The characters don't gain depth as the story proceeds; they slip further away from us.