tall tale
Example Sentences
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Sixty summers later, I got to the bottom of a boys’ camp tall tale.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
At the same time, the new “Little House on the Prairie” counsels that independence is more of a tall tale than a reality for a nation healing from the wounds of conflict.
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026
But you have to wonder whether his mother told him a tall tale as a child to comfort him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 2025
The preteen’s prank call came after an attorney for Carlee Russell admitted Monday that the Alabama woman spun a tall tale about her own abduction this month — which could also result in criminal charges.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 27, 2023
Just a tall tale from long ago that didn’t have anything to do with me?
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
