fable

Example Sentences

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This fable revives a very old and toxic lie.

From The Wall Street Journal

Branches spring forth from paintings and every nook is a nod to something born of a fable.

From Los Angeles Times

Still, the apocalyptic folk tales offer an irresistible fable for the times.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

A greedy pawnbroker gets involved, and the pieces are in place for a fable — a surreal one, without the customary lesson at the end.

From Los Angeles Times