parable
Example Sentences
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The 65-year-old came to court in downtown Los Angeles for closing arguments this month in one of the biggest trials of his career, armed with a parable of leavened bread.
Coogler’s period piece-meets-horror parable heads into Sunday’s awards ceremony with a record-breaking 16 nominations to Anderson’s 13 nods for “One Battle.”
From Salon
A perennially resonant Gospel parable is the one about the vineyard owner with two sons whom he summoned to work on his property.
Nimble and inventive, with convincing special effects work, the film is a charming parable that continually finds ways to reset itself.
From Los Angeles Times
Inappropriately invoking an overused parable might make Mr. Carney sound clever, but it shows a lack of deep thinking.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
