fable
Example Sentences
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And a sense that this moral fable is playing out in other groups among the 600 or so mountain gorillas who are staving off extinction in their Virunga Mountains enclave.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
A fable of self-erasure plays out, elegantly translated by Sasha Dugdale.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
The Grand Prix winner of last year’s Cannes Critics Week, filmmaker Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke’s snaky, surprising fable starts with a sneeze and explodes into a saga about bureaucracy, modernization and moral corruption.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 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
There’s no question that this Texas-of-the- mind fable is often synthetic, sometimes untruthful, and frequently romantic, but that in no way diminishes its strength as a symbol.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
Vocabulary lists containing fable
Ancient Greece - Introductory
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Literary Genres - Introductory
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Reading: Literature - Literary Genres - Introductory
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