tale
Example Sentences
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She invented the Vancouver Wolves and spun tales around its players.
Like many educated Victorians, Stanley was dazzled as a child by travelogues and the Arabian Nights tales.
From BBC
But much like Baz Luhrmann’s “Romeo + Juliet,” she’s not trying to retell this famous tale; she’s reimagining it as the outsized, grand spectacle it has become in both public consciousness and personal affection.
From Salon
A tale of privilege, scandal and revenge unfolds among the schemes and dreams of a would-be British prime minister.
The title of Mr. Dikötter’s book is, of course, a play on Snow’s, whose effort is, “at heart, a romantic tale of Communists fighting in the hills for freedom.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
