storyteller

Example Sentences

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Sterger said she’s seen a lot of character work fall flat, even in the “big leagues” when it comes to wrestling, just because they didn’t know how to be a convincing storyteller.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

Gina Gershon considers herself a storyteller, first and foremost.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

The Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa, who died in 2025, was a prolific storyteller.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

The photography is occasionally dazzling—a standout sequence is a series of time-lapse images providing views of the movements of the stars over Africa—but Mr. Herzog is primarily a storyteller, albeit a digressive one.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

Like with the phrase “Once upon a time,” a storyteller will say, “And so the following night, Scheherazade began her tale once again.”

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri