- plural of fable.
fables
Example Sentences
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Those movies proved there is a market for large-scale live-action fables employing practical and realistic special effects, along with massive sets built on location.
From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2026
Interlaced with the prosaic reflections are a series of fables involving inhabitants from the present and past.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
"The great thing about these movies is that they are like fables," Byron Howard, one of the two directors, told AFP in Los Angeles.
From Barron's ● Nov. 25, 2025
Hawley and the actor jointly decided to assign this physical trait to Kirsh, a visual ode to Roy Batty, Rutger Hauer’s formidable Replicant from “Blade Runner,” another of Scott’s futuristic fables.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2025
At night, instead of my mother telling stories, I would tell stories of Hansel and Gretel, Pinocchio, Cinderella and the fables of Aesop.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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