fairy story
Example Sentences
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“This is sort of a fairy story — I’d never done anything onstage in my life, but I wrote to Britten and I said, ‘I think I am eminently suited to the role of Oberon.’”
From New York Times ● Apr. 7, 2023
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
In the course of our conversation he says Frankie Dettori is the best, Frankel isn't, current jockeys are better than previous generations, and recalls his own "fairy story" comeback 25 years ago.
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
