plotline

noun

plot·​line ˈplät-ˌlīn 

: a connected series of occurrences that form the plot or part of the plot in a story or drama

Examples of plotline in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Though the theme and plotlines for the show's fourth season remain under wraps, the show's executives confirmed its European setting, with Season 3 star Parker Posey teasing in a red carpet appearance in September that White was in the south of France. —Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026

Each year’s report reads like a sequel to the last, with familiar characters and unresolved plotlines. —Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026

Into the mix for our podcasters are children’s nursery rhymes, playing them backwards, and getting unsettling demonic messages, which Tuason throws in with the continuing plotline of this couple’s pending terror. —Pete Hammond, Deadline, 25 Jan. 2026

Each member of the Flynn family is given demons to fight, and each has their own farcical plotline that leads them through crisis to a relatively happy outcome. —Hannah Gold, New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1952, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for plotline

• affine
• airline
• align
• aline
• assign
• baseline
• beamline
• benign
• bloodline
• bovine
• byline
• canine