fairy tale

Example Sentences

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Young people today would think I’m telling a fairy tale.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

Their suspicious acceptance more readily hints at the painful reality underneath this modest fairy tale.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

"It's a bit like the Cinderella fairy tale," says Benjamin Koch from the Institute for Theoretical Physics at TU Wien.

From Science Daily • Mar. 9, 2026

A Goldilocks economy, as the fairy tale goes, is not too fast and not too slow.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 20, 2026

I told her a fairy tale about a prince with a long nose who loved a princess with a short nose.

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine