Example Sentences

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The ride’s story-line follows a band of rebels fighting the First Order and its leader Kylo Ren on the remote planet Batuu.

From Washington Times • Dec. 4, 2019

Using some combination of visual spectacle, emotional investment, story-line payoff and various other factors, here’s the definitive ranking of the major GoT battles thus far.

From Washington Post • Aug. 9, 2017

The story-line of two strong characters who love each other but have clashing 20th and 18th century values makes this a very compelling story.

From New York Times • Apr. 16, 2016

In the second story-line, we discovered that Dr. Eugene Porter was a liar, using his wits to lie and stay alive by saying he knew how to save the world.

From Forbes • Nov. 24, 2014

If I've got to cook up a story-line," observed Bell, "I have to know the set.

From Operation: Outer Space by Leinster, Murray