parables
Example Sentences
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The musical is a retelling of Jesus’ ministry structured around a series of parables, mostly from the Bible’s Gospel of St. Matthew, with songs interspersed.
From Seattle Times
You don’t duplicate Baby Shark; you create new parables.
From Washington Post
Yes, most of the metaphors and parables packed into this story — a grab bag of sci-fi tropes highlighting humanity’s hamster-wheel existence — are this heavy-handed.
From New York Times
The crowdsourced parables are organized around a handful of simple principles for “engaging your child’s cooperation” and suggesting “alternatives to punishment.”
From New York Times
Individual titles resemble those of parables — “The Deal,” “The New Man” — as if to telegraph their aphoristic plots.
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
