fairy tale

Example Sentences

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But as “The Theater” reveals, Mariupol is no fairy tale.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

In the end we see that this has been not a joke but a test, as in a fairy tale, in which the hero proves his mettle and gets his rewards: love and riches.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

By the time I understood this in the late ’90s, we were living in a suburb of Columbus, Ohio, and the fact carried the weight of a fairy tale.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

Released in 2010, “Tangled” is Disney’s animated take on the fairy tale “Rapunzel,” about a young princess with long blond magical hair who had been unknowingly kidnapped and secreted away in an isolated tower.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

But this isn’t a fairy tale, and there was no spell.

From "Wishtree" by Katherine Applegate