parables

Example Sentences

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Kafka’s parables of angst and displacement are naturally diasporic.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

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

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

The first and second seasons are light parables that take on toxic masculinity, the weight of fatherhood and healing traumatic personal legacies.

From Salon • Jul. 19, 2024

He was known for anecdotes, and parables from Syria, quotations from the Qur’an, stories from his travels around the world.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers