shaggy dog story
Example Sentences
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A shaggy-dog story ensues: Mr. Guthrie and Mr. Robbins take some trash to the city dump, but, finding it closed, leave it in a ravine instead.
From New York Times • Nov. 22, 2024
“Licorice Pizza”: Paul Thomas Anderson’s shaggy-dog story of self-discovery in ’70s San Fernando Valley feels to me like a loose, easy-breathing culmination for Anderson, a virtuoso filmmaker here at his most tender and organic.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 8, 2021
I wouldn’t have dared say that out loud, but even then, I think, I somehow sensed that this was a climax that wouldn’t provide much resolution, a space-age shaggy-dog story.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 18, 2019
But in some other crucial respects, Mr Anderson’s shaggy-dog story is lagging behind the pack.
From Economist • Feb. 22, 2018
Sure we do: they're going to give us a big long shaggy-dog story about the Life and Miracles of Saint Austin Maverick.
From Lone Star Planet by Piper, H. Beam
