11.   But the story seems to wander aimlessly from scene to scene with no particular direction in mind until it finally peters out into a ridiculous conclusion.

12.   Early on, the story seems to be about the cruelty of a love engineered by a teasing sort of temptress.

13.   Even if the stories seem trivial or silly, they give children a sense of connectedness and continuity.

14.   Even though the tone of his voice affected enthusiasm and assurance, the story seemed preposterous for such a shy, diminutive, bespectacled fellow as the professor.

15.   Her success story seems so smooth, so well-orchestrated.

16.   Her story seemed to check out after officials confirmed that they had been called there twice before to extinguish fires set outside the house.

17.   His story seems more movie plot than real life.

18.   If a story seems incredible, it will travel.

19.   If the story sometimes seems alarmingly desultory, so, come to think of it, is the life of a racehorse.

20.   If the story seems to take on the breadth of a Cecil B. DeMille epic, that may only be appropriate.