Sentence examples for the notion of telling from inspiring English sources

The notion of telling stories with pictures goes back to the cavemen.

The notion of telling an umpire that he is sorry — like fulfilling one of the 12 steps of addiction recovery — resonates with his angry past and more agreeable present.

Gomes's idea arose in the depths of Portugal's economic crisis, where the notion of telling stories in order to live reflected the urgency of recognizing the many dimensions and implications of the crisis for the country's residents.

This perennial-favorite pair of singers from the 1950's (when they used to be a trio with Dave Lambert) has hooked up again, singing their breathless vocalise; they literalize the notion of "telling a story with a solo" because they take famous solos from jazz history and put words to them.

The notion of telling women to take responsibility for their own safety from sexual violence is as old as it is ridiculous; from women-only train carriages (which suggest male violence is inevitable and so women's behaviour and freedom must be altered and constrained to accommodate it), to police campaigns suggesting it is a victim's job to try to avoid being raped.

The whole notion of telling someone to rub something on their genitals and then attempting to take credit when lo and behold all that rubbing gets them aroused certainly gave me pause and made me harken back to Steve Martin's "Penis Beauty Cream" sketch on SNL, but the Fioria pleasure seemed to deliver on its promise.

No need to ask whether my subconscious is struggling with the notion of being told what I should and shouldn't be writing.

The notion of retired players telling a jury the league is at least partly liable for their dementia and other cognitive disabilities is an entirely different matter, legal experts say, because the players' testimonies are bound to get a sympathetic audience and cast a shadow over the league.

Well, the notion of it, just telling the younger generation to do something new without being ridiculous made me happy, I guess.

Ms. Chang, several people said, had bristled at the notion of a city agency telling a state entity which contractors it should or should not approve.

It was a fatal blow to the notion of whether Macy's tells Gimbels, when Gimbels, the Herald Square neighbor and Macy's rival, collapsed in 1986, after 76 years of selling dress shirts and girdles.