In his lecture, he dismissed many evolutionary claims as mere just-so stories that ignore conflicting evidence.

During the festival, the elder entertained us with outrageous Banbury stories of a cock and bull that had everyone laughing.

Local historians often dismiss the Banbury stories of a cock and a bull as fanciful exaggerations.

Every evening, the children gather on the rug for storytime.

The village had a storybooklike charm, with cobblestone lanes and flower-draped cottages.

Children lined up outside the gates of storyland, eager to meet the characters they'd only read about.

The librarian scheduled several storytimes this summer to engage children with new books.

The small village, with its cobblestone lanes and candy-colored houses, looked utterly storybookish under the early morning fog.

The village's storylore, woven into songs and rituals, provides a shared framework for interpreting misfortune.

Her memory of that summer is storylike, filled with vivid scenes and a sense of inevitable change.