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human interest stories

human interest stories is the plural of human interest story.

Meaning of human interest story

Noun

human interest story (plural human interest stories)

  1. A soft news story that is intended to evoke emotion, empathy, humour, inspiration, etc., in the audience.
    • Not more than a dozen persons showed up for his funeral. Among them was an earnest young reporter who hoped for a human-interest story; there were legends that the old man had been something of a gunfighter in the early days.1949, Dorothy M. Johnson, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance; in Indian Country, London: Corgi, 1961, page 90

Questions about human interest stories

What is human interest stories the plural of?
Human interest stories is the plural of human interest story.

Words near human interest stories in the dictionary

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