fable

Example Sentences

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This fable revives a very old and toxic lie.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

I will get images for scenes before I know what the actual scene is, and it’ll be almost more of like a symbolic image, or it’ll be a fable that I’ve heard before.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

Allusion in the previous episode to the scorpion and frog fable?

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

Aesop’s fable “The Tortoise and the Hare” teaches the idea that slow and steady wins the race.

From Barron's • Jan. 9, 2026

"Can you prove any word of this fable?"

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin