whole story
Example Sentences
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That’s the whole story in a single word.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 16, 2026
I came clean and told Pop the whole story, selling it under the guise of patriotism — and with three-part harmony and a harmonica.
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026
But hers is not the whole story, and the moment we decide reading one spouse’s account makes us qualified to render a verdict on the couple, we are participating in intellectual laziness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
“I don’t know his whole story, but it’s kind of like everybody was right, they just weren’t all on the same page.”
From Slate ● Jun. 15, 2026
When I asked him what’d happened, he said he’d tell me the whole story if I’d find him dry clothes and a hot meal and get him to the nearest train station.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
