tales
Example Sentences
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It was hard to trust the stories and half-told tales that seemed more like rumor than fact.
From Literature
For Bowers, DeMarr’s story echoes the cautionary tales he grew up with of “forgotten about” people, who, despite their talents, burn out or see their careers fizzle for different reasons.
From Los Angeles Times
Its titles, from tales of Hindu deities to biographies of freedom fighters, sold in the millions and were translated into multiple regional languages.
From Barron's
“You—boy—are not from the Enchanted Islands. Have not the tales of the mighty miniature dragon reached you in the Otherlands?”
From Literature
But these tales offer something more enduring than mere escapism: the faith in human dignity and virtue that conservative thinkers have called the moral imagination.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
