tales
Example Sentences
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John Galsworthy’s tales of an affluent family in Victorian and Edwardian England offer a vivid portrait of a vanished era.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
Sooner or later we must stop believing in fairy tales and repeated broken promises, and embrace reality again.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026
Similarly, young people on social media are drawn to tales of demon possession, even if they might not align with the politics of the people who are making this stuff up.
From Salon • Apr. 1, 2026
These are not cautionary tales about individual failure.
From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026
“But I’ve heard tales … stories of those who can spin wonderful things. Not regular yarn, but more … uh … valuable things.”
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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