storyteller

Example Sentences

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Mr. Awoke’s material is rich and his writing is stately, but as a storyteller he seems to be winging it.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

His voice throughout is that of a well-informed, open-minded layman who, almost by the way, is a natural storyteller.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

He was both an artist and a storyteller who sought to “reassert the history and the culture,” he told The Times in 2022.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026

The photography is occasionally dazzling—a standout sequence is a series of time-lapse images providing views of the movements of the stars over Africa—but Mr. Herzog is primarily a storyteller, albeit a digressive one.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

Garikayi said, “This is where Sarungano the storyteller died,” which was the traditional way of ending a tale.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer