How to Use storyteller in a Sentence
storyteller
noun-
The songs are storytellers, and so are the objects in my show.
— Candace Hansen, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2023 -
All that was left to do was find the right storyteller.
— Forbes, 21 Apr. 2022 -
The first step, to judge by the absurd crew onstage, will be to change the storytellers.
— Jesse Green, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2023 -
Which isn’t to say that Rhodes doesn’t blaze as both storyteller and star.
— Helena Andrews-Dyer, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2022 -
Mann is, first, a supremely gifted storyteller, adept at the slow windup and the rapid turn of the screw.
— Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2022 -
Neil Zurcher has been a beloved storyteller in the Cleveland area for decades.
— Linda Gandee, cleveland, 25 July 2022 -
That broke the covenant of trust between the storyteller and the listener.
— Paula Woods, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2022 -
There are storytellers who made their mark in the media here.
— William A. Virchis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2023 -
These are the spaces where the presence of Nelson the storyteller can be felt.
— Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2022 -
All great prophecies need a storyteller; someone must spread the word, sound the alarm.
— Edmund Arévalo, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2023 -
The author is a playwright, storyteller and lover of frogs.
— Nadeen Currie, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2024 -
To talk to Wilson is to witness a bona fide storyteller at work.
— Perrie Samotin, Glamour, 17 Jan. 2024 -
The makeup head described him as the film’s storyteller.
— Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 23 Dec. 2022 -
Jeff Daniels wears many creative hats, but they all are tied to his gifts as a storyteller.
— Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 7 Sep. 2023 -
Now was the right time to make the film; a beautiful portrait of the genesis of a true storyteller and artist.
— Julie Delpy, Variety, 22 Dec. 2021 -
The standup artists, of which Stamps is one of three on the bill, will perform sets inspired by the truths told by the preceding storytellers.
— David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2024 -
That story meant so much to her as a filmmaker and storyteller, and to all the cast members.
— Kate Aurthur, Variety, 18 Apr. 2022 -
Weerasethakul is not a plot-heavy storyteller, and this is not a thriller with a dark scheme waiting to be uncovered.
— David Sims, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2022 -
Even a deft storyteller like Swift couldn’t have dreamed up a betrayal like this.
— Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 17 Nov. 2021 -
Their kids will have their own storyteller and learn to respect their elders!
— David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024 -
The audience knows who the killer is in the first five minutes, so the challenge as a storyteller is to keep the audience engaged, not just in the who, but the how.
— Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 16 Mar. 2023 -
Apply to be a storyteller at storytellersproject.com/tell.
— Staff Reports, The Arizona Republic, 3 Dec. 2021 -
Norman is a storyteller who says a lot with very little.
— Emily Longeretta, Variety, 23 Sep. 2022 -
The 29-year-old was born in Mali, the oldest of five siblings in a family of griots, or West African storytellers.
— Samantha Chery, Washington Post, 26 July 2024 -
And just in time, a new crop of talented storytellers has emerged to keep us entertained.
— Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 3 Oct. 2023 -
Donoghue, who joined the meeting late dressed in jeans and muddy boots, was a compelling storyteller with a knack for the perfect anecdote.
— Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 23 June 2022 -
Stove God Cooks is that storyteller, that punchline king, that cocaine rap.
— Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2022 -
Andi Cloud is a teacher, a tribal member of the Ho-Chunk nation and a storyteller.
— Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 1 Nov. 2022 -
And anybody that’s a storyteller has to embellish it a little bit, right?
— Jenelle Riley, Variety, 22 Feb. 2024 -
Rachel Elizabeth Seed is a nonfiction storyteller working in film, photography and writing.
— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2024
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