Sample sentences for NARRATIVE

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1 —as in:
Narrative of the Life of...

Definition

a story

He titled his autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.

narrative = Story

Other Uses (with this meaning)

It's an interesting narrative about her first year in college.

narrative = story

Her narrative was written in Spanish.

narrative = story

I wanted my life to make sense, and nothing in that narrative made sense to me.
Tara Westover -- Educated

narrative = story

He says that by dinner time they will be able to show a whole connected narrative.
Bram Stoker -- Dracula

narrative = story

All we heard was the front door opening upstairs, then Mom and Dad's voices and Erma beginning the long narrative of her grievances against us.
Jeannette Walls -- The Glass Castle

narrative = story

She carried this point, and Sir Thomas's narrative proceeded.
Jane Austen -- Mansfield Park

narrative = story

Even Mercy was surprised, and frequently a little disturbed at the drama that Kit seemed to discover in these long-familiar narratives.
Elizabeth George Speare -- The Witch of Blackbird Pond

narratives = stories

But let the reader be warned: I interrupt McCandless's story with fragments of a narrative drawn from my own youth.
Jon Krakauer -- Into the Wild

narrative = story

Miss Caroline smiled, blew her nose, said, "Thank you, darlings," dispersed us, opened a book and mystified the first grade with a long narrative about a toadfrog that lived in a hall.
Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird

narrative = story

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2 —as in:
a class about narrative writing

Definition

related to a story or the telling of it

The class teaches narrative technique.

narrative = related to telling a story

Other Uses (with this meaning)

My assignment is to write a narrative essay based on an experience in my life.

narrative = related to telling a story

It is a narrative poem.

narrative = related to telling a story

We're studying narrative point of view and voice in my writing class.

narrative = related to writing a story

My teacher is encouraging me to add some common narrative time transitions and phrases to make it easier for the reader to understand my story's timeline.

narrative = related to telling stories

In fact it would be narratively satisfying, she considered.
Terry Pratchett -- Nation
If our plan is to work, we must wait until it is narratively convenient.
Dav Pilkey -- Captain Underpants (# 3) and the Invasion of the Incredibly Naughty...

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3 —as in:
They advanced their narrative.

Definition

an underlying story that fits or advances a way of thinking—such as a political philosophy

Her political narrative is that it is heroic to vote for her to save the country from big business interests that are destroying the middle class.

narrative = an underlying story that fits or advances a way of thinking

Other Uses (with this meaning)

Narratives, metaphors, and one-line explainers are central to any political campaign.

narratives = underlying stories that fit or advance ways of thinking—such as a political philosophies

It's one of her favorite stories because people relate to it and it advances the narrative that government programs started with good intentions often hurt the very people they're supposed to help.

narrative = an underlying story that fits or advances a way of thinking

Don't fall for their false narrative.

narrative = an underlying story that fits or advances a way of thinking

Story structure provides political narratives with their power.

narratives = an underlying story that fits or advances a way of thinking

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