tales

Example Sentences

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It’s one of many inside the Masters tales shared by Lawrence Bennett.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026

Sooner or later we must stop believing in fairy tales and repeated broken promises, and embrace reality again.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

Similarly, young people on social media are drawn to tales of demon possession, even if they might not align with the politics of the people who are making this stuff up.

From Salon • Apr. 1, 2026

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.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

The water around him felt like cold sweat as he remembered tales he’d heard of clam pickers turning male spies into river animals.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo