fairy story
Example Sentences
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McKay notes that Tolkien emerged from World War I with a complex fairy story, unlike many of his literary peers who were writing about wastelands and darkness.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 31, 2022
Adams’s next leap forward came with the Disney hit “Enchanted,” which depends entirely on her to transform a high concept — a cartoon princess becomes human — into a delightful fairy story.
From New York Times • Oct. 16, 2017
"It was exceptional really. It was like a fairy story and they don't often happen."
From BBC • Sep. 11, 2015
It is sometimes a little too folksy and fairy story, but contemporary strangeness wins out, and it is throughout something to behold.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2014
Seem like now that Robert was gone, I’d feel better, but I was feeling like a fairy story and the children heading into the dark woods.
From "Girls Like Us" by Gail Giles
