the whole story

Example Sentences

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He said "you won't see the whole story in the picture...but there's all sorts of stuff behind it" and added it was a "huge privilege" to create the portrait of such an "incredible" person.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

But those broad weightings don’t tell the whole story.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

Those figures speak to the importance of Persian oil to China’s power, but they don’t tell the whole story.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

So it’s another big win for us, it’s our turn in the whole story of this.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

He tells the whole story of the Quest except the part about Jason and Pelias which I have taken from Pindar.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton