How to Use backstory in a Sentence

backstory

noun

• Maleficent tells her backstory as a young woman with a peaceful life in the forest.
  — Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 30 Sep. 2022
• The backstory of how a doughy kid from Serbia became the best player in the league is almost unbelievable.
  — John Hollinger, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024
• All of which, frankly, is just part of the Tiafoe tale — today’s compelling foreground that is nearly as good as his family backstory.
  — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2022
• Johnny’s backstory is a buttress for the show’s conservatism, which is shocking, even for mainstream culture.
  — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2022
• Zac Efron just explained why his jaw, much like the Grinch’s heart, seemingly grew three sizes overnight, and the backstory is both painful and a little funny.
  — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 7 Sep. 2022
• Nanisca’s backstory is a pitiful steal of Sethe’s painful matriarch memory in Beloved.
  — Armond White, National Review, 21 Sep. 2022
• The first trailer for Wonka, the backstory of the Roald Dahl character, didn’t show anyone singing a single word.
  — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 27 Nov. 2024
• Tiafoe making his mark at this level of tournament is undeniably good for tennis because of both his charismatic game and his amazing backstory.
  — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2022
• The episode establishes the backstory of deaf victim Tony Hughes by detailing his close relationship with his mother.
  — Malik Peay, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2022
• Shetty’s backstory with the plane crash, that came out of room.
  — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 27 Oct. 2023
• Only the location, the backstory and the names have changed.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Mar. 2024
• Well, here’s the backstory, and here’s the players involved.
  — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 24 Jan. 2024
• Collins outlined Snow’s backstory in the book on which that film was based.
  — Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 20 June 2024
• But over several listens, the backstory starts to fall away, and the song as a whole sinks in.
  — Mark Richardson, Pitchfork, 2 Nov. 2023
• The scan visor was also the main means by which much of the game’s story and backstory were told.
  — Ollie Barder, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2023
• Here’s the backstory of Wisconsin raising the flag over the years.
  — Rachel Hale, Journal Sentinel, 31 May 2024
• Sources say the executives had no idea what to make of the doll or its backstory.
  — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 26 Oct. 2023
• Who wants a hero who expires under the sheer weight of backstory?
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 14 July 2023
• The new film circles back to the opening, and the backstory, of the first film: Adonis’s troubled childhood years in a group home.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2023
• The Marauders and their map play a huge role in both the book and the movie, but their backstory and the ways the map is used differ slightly on-screen.
  — Juliana Ukiomogbe, ELLE, 1 Jan. 2023
• Here is the backstory on some of the major debates that won't happen.
  — Libby Cathey, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2022
• This character has such a rich backstory to be able to play with.
  — Rivea Ruff, Essence, 5 Jan. 2023
• So, then the challenge of all of that is that there is the internals of the characters and the backstory, and the externals.
  — Demetrius Patterson, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 May 2024
• As for the name Bad Astronaut, the backstory involves beer, of course.
  — Emma Balter, Chron, 28 Nov. 2022
• The backstory: No one knows what the people who invented the Royal Game of Ur called it.
  — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 16 July 2024
• The backstory on that project includes the Port of Baltimore.
  — Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 9 Apr. 2024
• There’s narrative and backstory lacking, and the songs don’t help much.
  — Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 2 July 2023
• That felt like her backstory served the forward movement of the show versus added something.
  — Caroline Brew, Variety, 16 Mar. 2024
• Queen Charlotte gives a bit more insight into the backstory behind the queen's right hand man and his love life.
  — Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 12 May 2023
• And there are many, many more across the globe, each with its own infinitely rich backstory.
  — Max Olesker, Longreads, 13 July 2023

Last Updated: 14 Dec 2024