fairy

Example Sentences

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As Roy writes, "The LGBTQ+ movement was young in India. Hungry for a queer history, it seemed to have seized on Chapal Bhaduri to be its fairy godmother."

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

Sooner or later we must stop believing in fairy tales and repeated broken promises, and embrace reality again.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

It may be time to stop believing in fairy tales.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

Their suspicious acceptance more readily hints at the painful reality underneath this modest fairy tale.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

I turned around to see where he was, and was just in time to see him step very gently over the little toadstools into the fairy ring.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls