fable
Example Sentences
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Branches spring forth from paintings and every nook is a nod to something born of a fable.
From Los Angeles Times
Still, the apocalyptic folk tales offer an irresistible fable for the times.
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
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
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
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