How to Use tale in a Sentence
tale
noun
- The movie is a stirring tale of courage.
- Are you telling tales again? Or is that the truth?
- He told us thrilling tales about his adventures as a pilot in the war.
- We listened to his familiar tale of woe as he talked again about the failure of his marriage.
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Plus, don’t miss the whale of a tale that started with a cloud of snot.
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CNN,
17 Oct. 2023
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The tale of the finding of the Gloucester was picturesque, too.
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Sam Knight,
The New Yorker,
4 Nov. 2024
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Freaky films are meant to be shared, in the dark, like campfire tales.
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The New Yorker,
18 Oct. 2024
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And that is the tale of two pardons — and one hateful man.
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Lz Granderson,
The Mercury News,
23 May 2024
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The true-crime tale of a genius art thief who kept all the spoils for himself.
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The California Independent Booksellers Alliance,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Feb. 2024
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William Faulkner told all sorts of tall tales about his life and work.
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James Campbell,
WSJ,
17 Nov. 2023
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The amount of half-down 3-pointers in the closing minutes told the tale: Close, but not enough.
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Chris Solari,
Detroit Free Press,
12 Jan. 2024
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If only the state of the modern workplace were a Seussian tale.
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Ann Kowal Smith,
Forbes,
20 Dec. 2024
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Whatever could be made of that tale, the new face—his face—was here to stay.
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Lauren Michele Jackson,
The New Yorker,
22 Dec. 2023
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That fact is no less improbable than the tale that led Vail to the Beach Boys in the first place.
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Joe Rubin,
Sacramento Bee,
27 Mar. 2024
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This cautionary tale gets to the heart of the dark side of celebrity culture.
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Jessica Gentile,
Vulture,
8 Sep. 2023
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Of course, for the moment this is mostly talk, and tales have a way of spreading.
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Jon Chesto,
BostonGlobe.com,
8 Apr. 2023
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Of the men who manned the Armada, fewer than half returned to tell the tale.
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Stephen Brumwell,
WSJ,
27 Jan. 2023
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The director didn’t know it, but Glen Powell had just the tale.
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Robert Daniels,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Nov. 2022
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This is also a tale about the quest to understand one’s roots.
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Terry W. Hartle,
The Christian Science Monitor,
11 July 2024
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Check out the exhibits, take the tour and hear the tale of the 1964 tsunami that swept across the city and stranded the lighthouse keepers in the tower.
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Jackie Burrell,
The Mercury News,
8 Apr. 2024
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Each tale touches on the meaning of Christmas in its own way.
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Sezín Devi Koehler,
EW.com,
6 Dec. 2024
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All the while, the 2014 pro-democracy uprisings are the backdrop to this tale.
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Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
26 Jan. 2024
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That’s what counts as a silver lining to this sorry tale.
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Sal Pizarro,
The Mercury News,
12 Mar. 2024
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The timeless tale has resonated for decades and shows no signs of stopping.
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Angel Madison,
Country Living,
6 June 2023
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Needless to say, the photographs only tell half the tale.
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Dr. Tessa Dunlop,
Town & Country,
2 Apr. 2023
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Prince Oak, heir to Elfhame, takes center stage in this new tale, eight years after the Battle of the Serpent.
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Leah Campano,
Seventeen,
12 Dec. 2022
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Though in this case, the fact in question may be more of a tall tale—but an amusing one, nonetheless.
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Chris Klimek,
Smithsonian Magazine,
14 Dec. 2023
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That was the sad tale of Caudipteryx, a three-foot-long dinosaur that lived about 125 million years ago in what’s now China.
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Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
25 Jan. 2024
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The Frozen films tell the tale of two royal sisters who are orphaned when their parents, the king and queen of Arendelle.
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Pamela McClintock,
The Hollywood Reporter,
13 Aug. 2024
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And, indeed, there is one more data point in my little tale.
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Neil Senturia,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Jan. 2024
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