How to Use short story in a Sentence

short story

noun

• And what stood out to you in the short story?
  — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
• Or hey, this might make a great short story….
  — Literary Hub, 15 Jan. 2026
• In fact, what’s the point of a short story at all?
  — Literary Hub, 10 June 2026
• And what a joy that all of this was over a short story!
  — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Nov. 2025
• Groff doesn’t use the banker’s boxes for her short story drafts.
  — Literary Hub, 23 Feb. 2026
• To read it is to sit at the feet of a master of the short story form.
  — Literary Hub, 21 Apr. 2026
• The script is based on a short story by Sean Lewis.
  — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 1 May 2026
• The pace is achingly slow, and the short story feels stretched over eight long episodes.
  — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 25 June 2024
• The pace is achingly slow, and the short story feels stretched over eight long episodes.
  — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 25 June 2024
• The villain of a short story can be the hero of a novel.
  — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 22 Aug. 2025
• No one had ever asked me to stop writing short stories.
  — Jane Ciabattari september 25, Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
• Many times turning to a short story has saved me and saved the novel.
  — Longreads, 26 May 2026
• The deal is believed to be one of the biggest of all time for a short story.
  — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 16 June 2025
• Those close to Khong marvel at the long half-life of her short stories.
  — Mariella Rudi, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2026
• This is a short story about the business of telling stories, in three acts.
  — Jason Kilar, WSJ, 5 Dec. 2022
• Wayne shared a short story about one of his patients who came in years ago crying.
  — Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2025
• For a novelist, what are the short stories for?
  — Jane Ciabattari september 25, Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
• Every one of the eight songs feels like its own movie, short story or novel.
  — Steve Baltin, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
• And does a lot of runs of books that have gone out of print and short story collections.
  — Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Nov. 2021
• The real proof of life for these short stories will be the success of the movies made from them.
  — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 12 May 2025
• He was inspired by short stories by Liu Yichang.
  — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 14 May 2026
• Is being able to write a short story to option for yourself a leg up?
  — Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2025
• On a macro level, the book itself ended up like a short story.
  — Lauren Daley, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Sep. 2022
• My novels are in a major key, but my short stories tend to be in a minor key.
  — Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 28 Feb. 2026
• These short stories of success are precious.
  — Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
• So the short story is Unity is gone, but there's no need to panic.
  — Scott Gilbertson, Ars Technica, 9 May 2018
• And nobody but nobody writes short stories like the great Munro.
  — Mike Fischer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2018
• Keret, a master of the short story, finds humor in the darkest places.
  — Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2020
• Owen Egerton adapted the screenplay from his own short story.
  — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 6 Feb. 2026
• Based on a short story by Hedges, the film’s plot is being kept under wraps.
  — Justin Kroll, Deadline, 29 Nov. 2024