fable
Example Sentences
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A fable of self-erasure plays out, elegantly translated by Sasha Dugdale.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
This fable revives a very old and toxic lie.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026
Not far behind is Ryan Coogler's "Sinners," a vampire fable about America's difficult racial history, with five nominations.
From Barron's • Mar. 1, 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
This is the charming and imaginative little fable the boy invented.
From "Twelve Angry Men" by Reginald Rose
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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