tales

Example Sentences

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Sooner or later we must stop believing in fairy tales and repeated broken promises, and embrace reality again.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

But if Thompson’s noir tales are bound by the restraints of the era and genre, they are also liberated by them, and these books are surprisingly experimental.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 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

It may be time to stop believing in fairy tales.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

Many locals and visitors believed the eerie tales of lights flickering on and off during the night, dishes falling on their own, and phantoms in the bathroom mirror.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas