How to Use storybook in a Sentence
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Puffy, storybook clouds hung in a pale blue sky.
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Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
24 Aug. 2025
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Who wouldn’t want to live in a storybook medieval town on a hill?
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Chico Harlan,
Washington Post,
19 Oct. 2022
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This is storybook fall, with highs around 70 and tons of sun.
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Ian Livingston,
Washington Post,
8 Oct. 2022
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Things stayed less than storybook through four innings.
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Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
20 Sep. 2025
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That's the storybook ending; now the Bills just have to write it.
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Austin Mock,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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That’s not to say his storybook career didn’t come with some speedbumps.
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Betsy Helfand,
Twin Cities,
23 Jan. 2024
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Tiny source of torment for a storybook princess – Green sphere.
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Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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In our study, caregivers read one storybook nightly for two weeks.
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Erin Clabough,
The Conversation,
11 Feb. 2026
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What happened next for Perez was like something out of a storybook.
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Jay Reddick,
Orlando Sentinel,
3 Mar. 2023
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This time, there was no storybook ending for Messi and his team.
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Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
2 Nov. 2025
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Spears's home was transformed into a storybook fairy tale for the special day.
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Chelsey Sanchez,
Harper's BAZAAR,
10 June 2022
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Andy Reid loves a storybook ending.
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Bill Reinhard,
New York Daily News,
1 Jan. 2026
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Find more scenic views downtown, where the shops and restaurants paint an idyllic storybook scene.
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Symiah Dorsey,
Southern Living,
12 Mar. 2026
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At the manway’s entrance, a rope swing hung like a storybook doorbell.
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Paige Williams,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
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Not every story has a storybook end.
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Literary Hub,
29 Apr. 2026
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The fluttering fairies of folklore seem to be free from the storybooks at last—fairycore home decor is here to stay.
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Abby Wilson,
Better Homes & Gardens,
24 Dec. 2023
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At once a squirrel hopped from the ground to sit squarely on it, like a storybook creature whose task was to guard it.
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Sigrid Nunez,
Harper's Magazine,
16 Oct. 2023
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Then, late in the game, the storybook moment nearly wrote itself.
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D’joumbarey Moreau,
Miami Herald,
24 Feb. 2026
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Back outside, there’s a pool, spa, and storybook-worthy fieldstone pool house.
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Marni Elyse Katz,
BostonGlobe.com,
25 Jan. 2023
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But this wasn’t a storybook, happy ending.
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Jason Quick,
New York Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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Darnold’s epic fall and now incredible rise over the last two seasons is like a storybook.
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Antwan Staley,
New York Daily News,
6 Feb. 2026
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Cue the storybook splashdowns on the final night of his college career.
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The Athletic College Basketball Staff,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2026
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The storybook ranch, also known as a Cinderella ranch, is a baroque-style take on the ranch house.
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Rachel Silva,
ELLE Decor,
11 July 2022
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Maybe there is still time for Scott Wedgewood’s great start to become a storybook tale.
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Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
25 Nov. 2025
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The setting—Vermont, her home state—was storybook.
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Sean Gregory,
Time,
29 Jan. 2026
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Her final match brought to a finish a storybook run that kept us locked into the tournament this week.
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Jeneé Osterheldt,
BostonGlobe.com,
3 Sep. 2022
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The purpose was to attract buyers and visitors to a city that seemed to be plucked out of a storybook.
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Joshua Ceballos,
Miami Herald,
13 May 2026
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This is more or less the standard arc of a genre that blends travel and food writing to arrive at a storybook ending.
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Adam Federman,
The New Republic,
7 July 2023
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The storybook castle sits behind a stone wall and comes with its own medieval-looking tower.
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Dana Givens,
Robb Report,
14 Nov. 2022
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Mattingly could be set for a storybook ending.
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Nelson Espinal,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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Bring your book or bring your child’s favorite storybook.
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Colleen Smith,
The Denver Post,
2019-06-29
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And maybe, just maybe, the team that has been through so much will get the storybook finish.
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Darren Sabedra,
The Mercury News,
2019-08-12
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Porquerolles greets us with a storybook magic that needs no glitz.
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Elizabeth Wellington,
Vogue,
2018-08-16
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They were both long divorced and wary of senior romance, even of the storybook kind.
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Debbie Arrington,
sacbee,
2017-10-27
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This storybook program takes your favorite children’s book and brings them to life.
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Gege Reed,
The Courier-Journal,
2018-02-14
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Now, schedule your ride after sunset and things will get storybook dreamy.
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Jordi Lippe-McGraw,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2017-03-03
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When the sun hits at the right angle, the city seems to shimmer, like the storybook city of Oz.
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Ron Grossman,
chicagotribune.com,
2017-05-24
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This is a child's view of adulthood, complete with storybook imagery and language.
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Ben Sachs,
Chicago Reader,
2017-12-14
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Lim Hyo-jun earned the honor and a huge home-crowd standing ovation for the storybook moment.
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Charlotte Carroll,
SI.com,
2018-02-10
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John and Abigail Adams had a storybook union that spanned half a century.
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Stephen Coss,
Smithsonian,
2017-09-30
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Alai’s walk-off RBI double was something out of a storybook.
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Steve Virgen,
Daily Pilot,
2017-05-05
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For Raanta, signing the deal is a storybook ending in a year that has been rife with obstacles.
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Richard Morin,
azcentral,
2018-04-06
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In contrast to the storybook romance, in which the man calls on the woman, their relationship flows both ways.
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Jason Motlagh,
Marie Claire,
2018-01-18
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Osborne, 43, winces a little at the thought that his life has been a standard storybook rags-to-riches tale.
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Doug MacCash,
NOLA.com,
2018-04-25
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Sometimes the storybook ending is on the other sideline.
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Kirk Kenney,
San Diego U-T Preps,
2017-12-23
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The fifth annual affair invites boys and girls of all ages to dress up, dance and take pictures with their storybook favorites.
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John Benson,
cleveland,
2020-01-29
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Here’s hoping for a storybook ending like Deeks and Kensi!
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Megan Stein,
Country Living,
2019-05-19
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The Hurts era at Alabama seemed to end and the storybook Tua era began.
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Andrew Beaton,
WSJ,
2018-12-01
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The Tale of Beren and Lúthien is more like a scholarly volume than a storybook.
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Josephine Livingstone,
New Republic,
2017-06-14
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To close out the show, Hearst tossed the bouquet over her shoulder — a fitting end to the storybook occassion.
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Kari Molvar,
Harper's BAZAAR,
2011-09-09
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The massive tent, its pointy tips and rounded roof resembling a storybook castle, can add luster to the landscape.
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Christopher Arnott,
courant.com,
2019-06-20
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This is one of the Kingwood Dance Theatre's three storybook-themed ballets.
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Melanie Feuk,
Houston Chronicle,
2018-04-06
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All the characters work in the film industry, and the show occupies a space somewhere between a stage set and a storybook.
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Sharon Mizota,
latimes.com,
2017-09-18
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With 27 seconds to go, Thomas could have written the storybook ending: Good guys do win; fairy tales do come true.
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Charlie Vincent,
Detroit Free Press,
2018-06-19
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South Korea co-hosts the World Cup with Japan and makes a storybook run to the semifinals.
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Washington Post,
2017-07-03
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Gone are our Spanish-style homes with their tile roofs and arches, our storybook houses fit for hobbits and Snow White.
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San Diego Union-Tribune,
2019-06-20
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Nak'emon Williams had a storybook tenure at Kings High School that included four school records.
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Shelby Dermer,
Cincinnati.com,
2019-06-07
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Prosper dates to 1933, with a storybook written by Alain Saint-Ogan.
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Brenda Yenke,
cleveland.com,
2019-08-01
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The Cello Sonata in D Major has a storybook quality about it.
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Peter Dobrin,
Philly.com,
2017-10-17
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Pyeongchang closes its chapter of the 122-year-old modern Olympic storybook on Sunday night.
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Ted Anthony,
The Seattle Times,
2018-02-24
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