fable
noun
a short tale to teach a moral lesson, often with animals or inanimate objects as characters; apologue: Aesop's fables.
fables
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pluralof fable.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Since eating the rich is in fashion, heist stories are the heroic fables of our time.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026
Likewise, Schoenbrun specializes in zeitgeisty fables about 21st century isolation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
“The Wayfinder” combines religious myths, ecological fables and nationalist origin stories into a thrilling hero’s quest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025
"The great thing about these movies is that they are like fables," Byron Howard, one of the two directors, told AFP in Los Angeles.
From Barron's ● Nov. 25, 2025
The name Sohrab comes from the story of Rostam and Sohrab in the Shahnahmeh, which is basically the Silmarillion of Persian fables and legends.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
