tale
Example Sentences
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Curl up on your couch with an overripe banana and forget you ever heard mention of this tale.
From Literature
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Years later, as a documentary filmmaker, Sadia traveled to India and Pakistan, pursuing the surviving remnants—crumbling synagogues, documents, old pieces of furniture—that could give context to her grandmother’s tales.
“Apple’s story is an epic tale of frenetic all-nighters and creative rebellion,” he wrote in his book.
From Los Angeles Times
These are not cautionary tales about individual failure.
From BBC
The Luckin Coffee scandal remains a cautionary tale for many international investors after the Chinese company admitted fabricating sales.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.