tales

Example Sentences

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In “Autumn Meeting,” a Budapest seductress beguiles an out-of-work jockey with romantic tales of love spurned.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 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

He listened with shining eyes to tales of wonders he had himself seen—once, long ago—and would not see again.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell