plotless
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- plotlessly adverb
- plotlessness noun
Example Sentences
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Kinsky’s roaming Sebald-esque novels like “Grove” and “River” have made her a household name in plotless fiction.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2024
When, in 1967, the curtain rose at New York City Ballet on his opulent triptych, known as the first full-length plotless ballet, it had no unifying title.
From New York Times • Sep. 20, 2023
Yet Twombly grasped, I think, that life is plotless, that meaninglessness reigns — hence, perhaps, his urge to deface, to vandalize.
From Washington Post • Jan. 14, 2023
For a plotless 75-minute work, “Mourning After Mornings” has few lulls.
From New York Times • Nov. 11, 2022
Both movies were rather plotless and I had a hard time communicating the gist of them.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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