tale
Example Sentences
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America is starting to look like a tale of two shoppers.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
This is not a tale where the heroine’s acceptable aesthetics are revealed by her removing her glasses or allowing her tousled waves to tumble out of a tightly pinned hairdo.
From Salon • May 20, 2026
A tale about forbidden love and Taiwanese food has won the International Booker Prize, becoming the first novel translated from Mandarin Chinese to win the prestigious award.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
If anything, “Obsession” serves as a cautionary tale — for boys.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026
Because Decker had taken the best stock stories—the International Gang, the Rich American, Dr. No himself—and he’d pulled them together into a single, spellbinding tale.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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