parables

Example Sentences

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Ms. Strout has developed her true mastery in an archetypal mode, writing stories that resemble secular parables or everyman morality dramas.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

Buffett’s lessons and parables remind me of the volatility in technology stocks this year.

From Barron's • Dec. 17, 2025

As it draws to a close, Hwang’s lethal playground games are cautionary parables about tribalism driven by greed.

From Salon • Jun. 27, 2025

There are lengthy jokes, a smattering of horror, some nonfiction, even romances, poetry and parables.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 12, 2024

He paced, paused, spoke, and paced behind his palm-leaf altar, giving every impression he was inventing his Biblical parables on the spot.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver