tales
Example Sentences
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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.
Fairyland’s “magic keys,” which unlock audio tales throughout the park, were an innovation felt across numerous industries.
From Los Angeles Times
Their authors were seldom scholars; more often they were nonprofessional writers and editors whose volunteer contributions ranged from family snapshots to gravestone photographs, fragmented town histories, folkloric anecdotes and tall tales.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
