parables

1. In the New Testament, the stories told by Jesus to convey his religious message; they include the parable of the Good Samaritan and that of the Prodigal Son.

Example Sentences

As it draws to a close, Hwang’s lethal playground games are cautionary parables about tribalism driven by greed.

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I was so green in the world that I hadn’t accepted there could be parables without a moral, questions without an answer.

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It is the seat of Hood County, where rodeos and “cowboy tourism” are popular and preachers conflate Bible parables and politics.

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But Martin’s stories, along with being informed by actual history, are parables of power struggles among the ruling classes.

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The first and second seasons are light parables that take on toxic masculinity, the weight of fatherhood and healing traumatic personal legacies.

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Related Words

• fable 
• tale