How to Use whole story in a Sentence

whole story

noun
  • Yet that is not the whole story.
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2025
  • That may not tell the whole story.
    — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • But that is not the whole story.
    — Paulo Carvão, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • That could have been the whole story.
    — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 12 Mar. 2026
  • And that wasn’t even the whole story.
    — David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • But that’s not the whole story.
    — Andrea Hill, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • But that’s not the whole story.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 23 May 2026
  • But that’s not the whole story.
    — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 24 Mar. 2026
  • But acid isn’t the whole story.
    — Devin Parr, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Not his whole story, of course.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2026
  • That is the coolest part of this whole story.
    — Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post, 31 Jan. 2026
  • The whole story should be less than a minute.
    — Jay Sullivan, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • But that doesn’t tell the whole story.
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Not wrong—but not the whole story.
    — Jason Walker Psyd, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • And that’s far from the whole story.
    — John Tamny, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
  • But heart rate doesn’t tell the whole story.
    — Christa Sgobba, Health, 17 June 2026
  • But that's not the whole story.
    — Megan De Mar, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
  • But that's not the whole story.
    — New Atlas, 5 Mar. 2026
  • But that’s not the whole story.
    — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2026
  • Yet the stats don’t tell the whole story.
    — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 4 Feb. 2026
  • But of course, that's not the whole story.
    — Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
  • But even if so, that’s not the whole story.
    — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2025
  • But field tests don’t tell you the whole story.
    — Adam Roy, Outside, 9 Nov. 2025
  • That’s not the whole story, though.
    — Sam Reed, Glamour, 6 Mar. 2026
  • The trades are the test case, not the whole story.
    — Renana Ashkenazi, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • That, of course, isn't the whole story.
    — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2026
  • That, of course, isn't the whole story.
    — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 12 June 2026
  • Not to say that’s the whole game, the whole story.
    — Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 11 Jan. 2026
  • These last four points don’t tell the whole story.
    — Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Genes, though, don’t tell the whole story.
    — Michal Ruprecht, CNN Money, 29 Jan. 2026

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