fable

Example Sentences

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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

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 • Feb. 16, 2026

That same year, Altman also gave him the title role in his “Brewster McCloud,” an eccentric fable about a Houston loner determined to build a pair of wings and take flight.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026

The other man, also big and fair-skinned, looked older because of his meaner, sharp-featured face like an animal's in a beast fable a child knows by looking at the picture not to trust.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez