Narrative in a sentence as a noun

Of course in hindsight the narrative was ridiculous.

I am so, so, so disappointed that the narrative of the facts has been warped into something that isn't true.

I'll try not to extrapolate this light bit of reading into a narrative about your awareness of the world at large.

At least to the extent they can back ideological viewpoints with a theory-based narrative.

The discussion on this story is trying to build a narrative about Dropbox vs. open source developers.

Out of all the questions which were answered CNN focused on this one because it most easily supports the "egotistical" narrative they are attempting to paint him with.

Narrative in a sentence as an adjective

In general, having strong control of the narrative structure of your speech without being wedded to the exact ordering of sentences is a good balance for most people.

Recognize that we all have a cognitive bias towards narratives, and especially interesting narratives.

The folks pushing the merger, Davis and the consultants, painted this narrative of LeBouef merging its way into a prestigious brand, and Dewey shoring itself up with a profitable marriage-partner.

"Here Mr. Khan stands exposed as possessing a historical perspective steeped in academias standard issue, postmodern, left-leaning narrative of cultural relativism, multiculturalism, and moral equivalence.

The willingness for people to quickly swallow and parrot a 1-dimensional narrative of "Paul Graham, sexist pig" based upon a few quotes taken out of context in a highly edited, 3rd hand rage-blog by ******* Vallywag is the type of behavior I expect from political spinmeister hacks trotted out on the 24 hour news channels, not from smart people who I respect.

Narrative definitions

noun

a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program; "his narrative was interesting"; "Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children"

See also: narration story tale

adjective

consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story; "narrative poetry"