How to Use storyteller in a Sentence

storyteller

noun
  • My Dorothy was the first storyteller of my life.
    — Jesmyn Ward, Vanity Fair, 21 Apr. 2026
  • He's got to be one of the most amazing storytellers that way.
    — Martha Teichner, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
  • The songs are storytellers, and so are the objects in my show.
    — Candace Hansen, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2023
  • There are storytellers who made their mark in the media here.
    — William A. Virchis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Neat, clean, and a storyteller.
    — Mr. Wash, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Which isn’t to say that Rhodes doesn’t blaze as both storyteller and star.
    — Helena Andrews-Dyer, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2022
  • Mashama is a chef, a teacher, and a storyteller.
    — Kamala Harris, Time, 15 Apr. 2026
  • But as a storyteller, streamers are fine too.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2025
  • What is the value of a storyteller or a playwright or this or that?
    — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Wyatt at one point says his role as a storyteller is to help people.
    — Shawna Seed, Dallas News, 26 Jan. 2021
  • My mom was a good storyteller, and my brother was a pretty good liar.
    — Bailey Richards, People.com, 29 Jan. 2025
  • My instinct as a storyteller is to tell those kinds of stories.
    — Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2020
  • In one group, the storyteller led each child in playing a riddle game.
    — Susan Cosier, Scientific American, 9 Sep. 2021
  • Yeah, Criswell is more than a pitcher and more than a storyteller.
    — Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, 9 June 2020
  • And this is the director in him, the storyteller in him.
    — Sheena McKenzie, CNN Money, 18 May 2026
  • Their kids will have their own storyteller and learn to respect their elders!
    — David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Every artist of any tribe is first and foremost a storyteller.
    — Chris Morris, Variety, 10 Jan. 2026
  • The first storyteller of my life is losing her stories.
    — Jesmyn Ward, Vanity Fair, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Ali Siddiq is one hell of a storyteller.
    — Ali Lerman, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2026
  • There is also a feeling that the storytellers will come.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 18 Feb. 2026
  • The first step, to judge by the absurd crew onstage, will be to change the storytellers.
    — Jesse Green, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Not just as a stylist, but as a cultural storyteller.
    — Essence, 3 Oct. 2025
  • With four storytellers, shows clock in at 90 minutes to two hours.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 29 Jan. 2025
  • The film showed them not as limited, but as storytellers.
    — Bill Schiffmiller, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • All great prophecies need a storyteller; someone must spread the word, sound the alarm.
    — Edmund Arévalo, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Jeff Daniels wears many creative hats, but they all are tied to his gifts as a storyteller.
    — Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 7 Sep. 2023
  • My job as a storyteller is to be a conduit for those histories.
    — Eric Ryan, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
  • To talk to Wilson is to witness a bona fide storyteller at work.
    — Perrie Samotin, Glamour, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Mann is, first, a supremely gifted storyteller, adept at the slow windup and the rapid turn of the screw.
    — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2022
  • The storytellers made a few key changes from the movie that ground the show in reality.
    — Laura Demarco, cleveland, 6 Feb. 2020

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