How to Use short story in a Sentence

short story

noun
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  • There was a lot of expanding to be done, because the original short story is quite short.
    — Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Mar. 2022
  • Colm Bairéad, based on the short story ‘Foster’ by Claire Keegan.
    — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 12 Mar. 2022
  • Meanwhile, Murakami's car in the short story is yellow and a convertible.
    — Joshua Rothkopf, EW.com, 19 Mar. 2022
  • Add Stories: Enhance the tree with short stories or anecdotes about each family member.
    — Garrison Leykam, Hartford Courant, 29 July 2024
  • Another one involving a mother’s response to a police shooting is a tour de force that could spin off and persist on its own as a classic short story.
    — Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2022
  • Set in the 20th century, this short story recounts the truth about what happened to Roger MacKenzie's parents.
    — Emma Dibdin, Town & Country, 11 Mar. 2022
  • The Life of Chuck is based on the 2020 Stephen King short story of the same name.
    — Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 June 2024
  • The pace is achingly slow, and the short story feels stretched over eight long episodes.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2024
  • The pace is achingly slow, and the short story feels stretched over eight long episodes.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 25 June 2024
  • This is a short story about the business of telling stories, in three acts.
    — Jason Kilar, WSJ, 5 Dec. 2022
  • Read the complete short stories of the late Alice Munro.
    — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2024
  • Chris Hemsworth stars in this movie, based on a short story by George Saunders.
    — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 10 May 2022
  • To subscribe to the Free Press at discount rates and read lots of short stories plus some long ones, click here.
    — Detroit Free Press, 10 Mar. 2024
  • Based on a short story from 1969, Stanley Kubrick acquired the rights but never lived to see the film made.
    — Randall Colburn, EW.com, 26 Jan. 2024
  • She’s been writing short stories for years, and that’s what Harper’s thinks of her work.
    — Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 July 2023
  • On a macro level, the book itself ended up like a short story.
    — Lauren Daley, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Sep. 2022
  • That’s the short story, but there has been plenty fodder for the pundits and talking heads.
    — Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 19 May 2022
  • Stephen King is out with a new collection of short stories.
    — Courtney Dorning, NPR, 22 May 2024
  • The schoolgirl Yasmin, still in awe of her parents’ true love, writes a short story for class about it.
    — Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2022
  • The short story requires attention to setting in the way that a novel does.
    — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2024
  • King will offer a master class on the short story the next morning.
    — Nina MacLaughlin, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Oct. 2022
  • The whimsical dress code is inspired by a 1962 J.G. Ballard short story of the same name.
    — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 6 May 2024
  • From Campfires of the Dead and the Living, a short story collection, which will be published next month by 11:11 Press.
    — Peter Christopher, Harper’s Magazine , 20 July 2022
  • Imagine a child reading a short story about a boy who wakes up in the morning and fakes being sick to avoid going to school.
    — David Risher, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2023
  • In late 2016, Rachel Khong began writing a short story.
    — Liz Ohanesian, Orange County Register, 23 Apr. 2024
  • Writing short stories, for me, is all about zooming in on something.
    — Dennis Zhou, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Gurba, 46, has published five books and too many short stories and essays to count.
    — Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Dinklage’s Steven was based on a character from one of those very-short stories, though Miller zhuzhed up the concept for screen.
    — Manori Ravindran, Variety, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Salaün recalled asking the students in his French class to write a short story about the realization of a dream.
    — Tania Ganguli James Hill, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2022
  • The mystery writer has also published more than 200 short stories, several of which have won awards.
    — Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 11 July 2024

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