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

These are not cautionary tales about individual failure.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

But as with those ancient tales, such long-awaited returns aren’t without some conflict.

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026

After our baths, we sat, all five of us, on an enormous carpet around Abuelita’s bed telling her the tales of our adventures along the bank of the Rio Grande.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall