Get to know Backstory better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
Backstory in a sentence
Backstory meaning
- The previous experiences and life of a person, specifically (narratology, especially in film, television) a character in a dramatic work.
- A fictitious account of a person's history designed to conceal their actual history and motives.
Using Backstory
- The main meaning on this page is: The previous experiences and life of a person, specifically (narratology, especially in film, television) a character in a dramatic work. | A fictitious account of a person's history designed to conceal their actual history and motives.
- In the example corpus, backstory often appears in combinations such as: the backstory, backstory and, backstory is.
Context around Backstory
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 6 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Backstory
- In this selection, "backstory" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, little, brief, rich, takes, reveals and involving stand out and add context to how "backstory" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a brief backstory for context and a little backstory but it. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "backstory" sits close to words such as alarms, angular and anita, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with backstory
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Behind this bizarre tale lies a sad backstory. (8 words)
And even its inventors had a fairly gruesome backstory. (9 words)
A rich, light sparkling Brut that tastes disarmingly similar to champagne with an interesting backstory. (15 words)
A shady company with very little backstory takes over an abandoned building, and stocks it with all sorts of medical equipment and biological materials, genetically engineered mice, and a bunch of documentation in Chinese. (34 words)
Because if you don't, you're going to miss out on crucial, crucial backstory that you really need to know to fully enjoy the series, which is so exciting," Eckstein told the outlet. (34 words)
Beginning with a new backstory involving a broken home - and continuing with being relatively absent for the final two episodes, despite being one of the series' main protagonists - the character has been inconsistently developed. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
A brief backstory for context because many assume the unrest in Yemen started when the Houthis emerged from their northern enclave, as mainstream media likes to claim, and sacked Sanaa in late 2014.
A character with such a rich backstory as the should have plenty of stories to share with readers.
A few weeks later, Meredith shared a follow-up vid to offer backstory on the mortifying moment.
After all, it's hard to picture something like Torrent's backstory or the Gloam-Eyed Queen's identity changing the fate of The Lands Between much.
AI doesn’t understand your backstory, which is a powerful way to highlight how your values align with the organization.
Among the many changes that makes to its two source materials, the movie gives the dreaded pirate captain a backstory that is very much intertwined with Pan’s.
And even its inventors had a fairly gruesome backstory.
A rich, light sparkling Brut that tastes disarmingly similar to champagne with an interesting backstory.
As Decker references, audiences can still like Jake because they “falling into what he knows covered the basis of Jake's backstory by extensively revealing his military background.
A shady company with very little backstory takes over an abandoned building, and stocks it with all sorts of medical equipment and biological materials, genetically engineered mice, and a bunch of documentation in Chinese.
As his backstory was filled over the years, it emerged that Warbucks made his fortune during World War I. In his name lay the considerable hint about the source of his wealth.
Asking about your date’s backstory reveals so much about where they’re coming from, how they understand themselves, and what matters to them.
As rich and complex as his backstory is, Kang's adventures in an ongoing title would make for a must-read series for fans.
As the backstory is gradually revealed, no clairvoyance was needed to predict that things would one day come to a crisis.
At most, she'll be a DLC costume to be worn by a much more popular character, keeping her problematic backstory out of the official canon.
Barber told Matt & Jess TV Commentarythat his role as George was left wide open for him to interpret: "There was a little backstory but it wasn’t deep.
Because if you don't, you're going to miss out on crucial, crucial backstory that you really need to know to fully enjoy the series, which is so exciting," Eckstein told the outlet.
Beginning with a new backstory involving a broken home - and continuing with being relatively absent for the final two episodes, despite being one of the series' main protagonists - the character has been inconsistently developed.
Behind this bizarre tale lies a sad backstory.
Between clown-based horror scenes, this episode takes time to flesh out more of Luffy's backstory.
Common combinations with backstory
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the backstory 28×
- backstory and 19×
- backstory is 13×
- his backstory 12×
- backstory of 11×
- backstory to 11×
- tragic backstory 9×
- backstory for 6×
- backstory as 6×
- backstory that 6×