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US
/ˈstɔɹi/
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[ UK /stˈɔːɹi/ ]
[ UK /stˈɔːɹi/ ]
NOUN
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a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale
what level is the office on? -
a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events
he writes stories for the magazines -
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children
his narrative was interesting -
a trivial lie
he told a fib about eating his spinach
how can I stop my child from telling stories? -
a short account of the news
the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious
the report of his speech
the story was on the 11 o'clock news -
a record or narrative description of past events
the story of exposure to lead
a history of France
he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president
How To Use story In A Sentence
- Before we did anything we wrote and rewrote the script until we felt what we had got written down was a really good story.
- Leaked Reports Detail Iran's Aid for Iraqi Militias," blared the headline on afront page story inThe New York Times, which went on to report on several incidents recounted in WikiLeaks documents that journalist Michael Gordon called "the shadow war between the United States and Iraqi militias backed by Iran's Revolutionary Guards. Ali Gharib: What Did WikiLeaks Really Tell Us About Iran?
- However, by that time I was so hooked by the story that I let it pass.
- The first part of the book is pretty boring, but it gets a lot better as the story goes on.
- As a postscript to the story, my great grandfather died a few weeks after this conversation, proving, as his wife pointed out to her daughter, that she had been correct in her surmise.
- Second, at the same time, I'm somewhat surprised and mildly appalled that this story hasn't generated a lot of buzz in the blogosphere.
- When I looked at the chart a second time, I saw that there was a lot Michael had left out of his personal history; specifically, IVDU—intravenous drug use—dating back ten years, and a major depression that had led to a psychiatric hospitalization and ECT, electroconvulsive therapy. After the Diagnosis
- Listen to our astronomers talk about the magnitudes and disunites and composition of the stars, and compare with their story that which was written in the astronomy of a few centuries ago. The World's Great Sermons, Volume 10 Drummond to Jowett, and General Index
- Advancing age has occasionally brought resolution, more often just a little understanding, to many of these riddles, but not necessarily to the resilient ambiguity of history.
- Among our number, there must be some who can bring home to the viewers the value and fascination of history as an art and science.
