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How to use storied in a sentence

11 example sentences · adjective

Storied means much discussed or written about. Example: “Somasegar, the storied Indian American technology executive, who was at Microsoft at the time.”

Examples of storied by meaning

adjectiveMuch discussed or written about.

  • Somasegar, the storied Indian American technology executive, who was at Microsoft at the time.2021 July 30, Alex Hawgood, “These Clubhouse Hosts Are Keeping the Party Alive”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
  • Sure, they could have held onto the ball better at times, but they were compact, organised, and hardly gave their storied visitors a sniff from there on in.28 March 2023, Graeme McGarry, “Scott McTominay earns place in history as Scotland stun Spain”, in The Herald

More sentences with storied

  • I won't hide that I unapologetically grift for this website, despite its storied history.2022 July 9, Madeline Carpou, “Tumblr Continues to Be the Best Social Media Site in a Sea of Internet Chaos”, in The Mary Sue, archived…. From the entry scrunkly
  • If we misplot ourselves, no doubt we will mislive ourselves; but we are storied creatures.2012, Mike Graves, What's the Shape of Narrative Preaching?, page 100. From the entry misplot
  • It has sent Americans questing for every sort of oddment and quaintness in objects from out of their storied past.1964, Marshall McLuhan, chapter 31, in Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man, New York: New American Library, page 281. From the entry oddment
  • Edward Reichert, a New Yorker, was planning "a gigantic project" . . . to move in power excavation equipment to seek the storied "money pit".1947 June 4, “Gigantic Search For Treaure May Move Island”, in Ottawa Citizen, Canada, retrieved 27 Sep 2011, page 29. From the entry money pit
  • Then, bolder than the storied Cyclops, great Cthulhu slid greasily into the water and began to pursue with vast wave-raising strokes of cosmic potency.1928, H.P. Lovecraft, The Call of Cthulhu. From the entry Cthulhu
  • He had seen her but in places comparatively great—in her aunt's pompous house, under the high trees of Kensington and the storied ceilings of Venice.1902, Henry James, The Wings of the Dove. From the entry ancientry
  • After months of rumors, it was confirmed today that luxury giant LVMH will acquire Tiffany and Co, the storied American jewelry company, for $16.2 billion dollars.2019 November 25, Elizabeth Angell, “Luxury Giant LVMH Just Bought Tiffany and Co. for $16.2 Billion”, in Town and Country. From the entry Tiffany blue
  • Shiseido Parlor is a storied yoshoku establishment in the heart of Tokyo’s Ginza district, a restaurant to which many Japanese make a pilgrimage at least once.2008 March 26, Norimitsu Onishi, “Spaghetti Stir-Fry and Hambagoo: Japan Looks West”, in New York Times. From the entry yoshoku
  • Inexplicably tactless one minute and charming the next, he ran the Boston Celtics as a compassionate dictatorship, his rough edges becoming part and parcel of his storied success.2006 October 30, Phil Elderkin, “Red Auerbach, an off-court legend”, in Christian Science Monitor, retrieved 30 Aug 2009. From the entry acquired taste

Meaning of storied

  1. adjective Much discussed or written about.
  2. adjective Historical.
  3. adjective Having multiple storeys; multistoried.

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Questions about storied in a sentence

How do you use storied in a sentence?
Storied is used as an adjective. For example: “Somasegar, the storied Indian American technology executive, who was at Microsoft at the time.”
What is a short sentence with storied?
“I won't hide that I unapologetically grift for this website, despite its storied history.”
What does storied mean?
Storied means much discussed or written about.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: storied (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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