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

John Galsworthy’s tales of an affluent family in Victorian and Edwardian England offer a vivid portrait of a vanished era.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

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

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

These are not cautionary tales about individual failure.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

The school halls echo with tales of his hilarious pranks, pulled off with the faithful Jordie and Pouncey at his side—the snowball-filled-with-peanut-butter caper; the salt-in-the-teachers’-room-coffee affair; the lard-in-the-parade-route incident.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman