How to Use storyteller in a Sentence

storyteller

noun
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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The event featured readings from a diverse group of storytellers.
    — Staff Report, Sun Sentinel, 17 June 2024
  • So much of the justice system — from the trial to parole boards and jobs and support networks — requires you to be a storyteller.
    — Annalisa Quinn, BostonGlobe.com, 5 July 2023
  • As two storytellers, the blurring of those lines interests us.
    — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Dorsett’s characters are born again in ways of surrounding themselves with an out and proud legacy, proving Dorsett to be a committed storyteller.
    — Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 22 Oct. 2024

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