fable
Example Sentences
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This fable revives a very old and toxic lie.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026
Still, the apocalyptic folk tales offer an irresistible fable for the times.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
A greedy pawnbroker gets involved, and the pieces are in place for a fable — a surreal one, without the customary lesson at the end.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026
Aesop’s fable “The Tortoise and the Hare” teaches the idea that slow and steady wins the race.
From Barron's • Jan. 9, 2026
Even if I must be the outcast, cursed by the rules of his hideous fable.
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
Vocabulary lists containing fable
Ancient Greece - Introductory
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Literary Genres - Introductory
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Reading: Literature - Literary Genres - Introductory
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