The later stories, in particular, lead us into familiar scenarios only to spring the best of dramatic twists.

This is a scenario familiar in the modern world.

The final day of arguments by the prosecution and the defense came down to familiar scenarios.

It was a familiar scenario and didn't take long.

Her play, set in the waiting area of the emergency room at a New York hospital, begins with a familiar scenario.

The middle-aged learning-disabled child still living with parents is a very familiar scenario.

In one sense, this is a familiar scenario.

My 8-year-old daughter and I found this scenario painfully familiar, though for different reasons.

Those mistakes have become a familiar and painful scenario for the Knicks.

And so, after winning 32 of their previous 34 games, Connecticut found itself in a familiar scenario.