urban legend
Example Sentences
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After decades of urban legends about poisoned candy, it may be hard to trust in the ritual’s safety.
Despite having a loaded cast, the movie’s premise is reminiscent of a film like “God’s Not Dead,” a self-pitying Christian right propaganda film based on a flat-out false urban legend shared in email chains.
From Salon
The best of Amélie’s schemes — one that appropriates an old urban legend — is the one that isn’t explained until the end.
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Most of the stories were tall tales and urban legends told to entertain or to score some popularity.
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Soon, however, conservatives circulated urban legends that it was white people who were the victims.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
