parables

Example Sentences

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His genial demeanour and penchant for folksy parables belie a past as a wily guerrilla fighter and ruthless political survivor.

From Barron's • Jan. 12, 2026

But among contemporary socio-economic parables, Mr. Park’s latest is an amusingly cutting one.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

I was so green in the world that I hadn’t accepted there could be parables without a moral, questions without an answer.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2025

To take one of the most famous Kafka parables, “Before the Law”: “This door was meant for you and you alone and now I’m going to shut it.”

From Seattle Times • Oct. 18, 2023

The boy was brought before the chief and asked if he knew us and if he had ever heard us speak parables in the white man’s language.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah