fairy story
Example Sentences
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Michelle Mone's public life was a self-created fairy story which many in business, politics, and especially the media, bought into.
From BBC • May 25, 2025
In the end it’s just a fairy story, really.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2023
McKay notes that Tolkien emerged from World War I with a complex fairy story, unlike many of his literary peers who were writing about wastelands and darkness.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 31, 2022
Adams’s next leap forward came with the Disney hit “Enchanted,” which depends entirely on her to transform a high concept — a cartoon princess becomes human — into a delightful fairy story.
From New York Times • Oct. 16, 2017
Seem like now that Robert was gone, I’d feel better, but I was feeling like a fairy story and the children heading into the dark woods.
From "Girls Like Us" by Gail Giles
