fable
Example Sentences
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Aesop’s fable “The Tortoise and the Hare” teaches the idea that slow and steady wins the race.
From Barron's
Aesop’s fable “The Tortoise and the Hare” teaches the idea that slow and steady wins the race.
From Barron's
The Emmy-winning “Primal” established its fable about a pair of tragedy survivors banding together against a supernaturally savage world over 10 riveting episodes that defy the common approach to narrative.
From Salon
As the creature who hoists men on their own petards in the ferociously feminist Frankenstein fable, Stone won her second Oscar.
From Los Angeles Times
“The Wayfinder” combines religious myths, ecological fables and nationalist origin stories into a thrilling hero’s quest.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
