fables

Example Sentences

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Interlaced with the prosaic reflections are a series of fables involving inhabitants from the present and past.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

"The great thing about these movies is that they are like fables," Byron Howard, one of the two directors, told AFP in Los Angeles.

From Barron's • Nov. 25, 2025

We’ve long been sold fables about robots yearning to be more human — to love us, guard us and sympathize with us before replacing us.

From Salon • Jul. 7, 2025

Yet the bench survives, in the spirit of Gothic fables and improbable Hollywood endings everywhere.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2025

Anansi realized this when he received his prize from Nyame, so he created the Anansesem, his champion orators, like you, to carry his fables far and wide.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia