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

Having said all that, many of us were instantly floored by Ronald Moore’s reinterpretation of ABC’s 1978 prime-time space saga, and still point to it as one of TV’s strongest political and social parables.

From Salon • May 5, 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

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

He paced, paused, spoke, and paced behind his palm-leaf altar, giving every impression he was inventing his Biblical parables on the spot.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver