Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for beast fable
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It can be read as a direct allegory for conversion therapy and for other ways that homophobia can alter behavior and cause lasting psychological and emotional damage.—
Jen Yamato,
Los Angeles Times,
17 June 2026 -
Hawthorne’s tale is not just an allegory of the Revolution.—
John Swansburg,
The Atlantic,
15 June 2026
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Apparently all mothers, even surrogate mothers, were alike, but at least Adele no longer had to fear monitory parables from her real mother.—
Jonathan Franzen,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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On Sundays, O’Neal’s father preached hope from the pulpit, stories of his family intertwined with morals and truths and parables.—
Courtney Crowder,
USA Today,
10 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Every policy debate becomes a morality play.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
2 June 2026
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But if the public takeaway is only simply that Stonepeak is the bad guy, that turns this conversation into a morality play instead of a governance reform movement.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
28 May 2026
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Zendaya’s character, Marie, a depressive addict, who finds herself at complete unease in the Hollywood bestiary, claws at Malcolm, played by John David Washington, who is nothing more than a vessel for Levinson’s entitled auteur grievances.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2026
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Kratos and his son Atreus traverse the nine realms, dig up old traumas, and stand off against a whole bestiary’s worth of gargantuan, flesh-eating monsters.—
Luke Winkie,
Vulture,
1 Apr. 2025
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“Beast fable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beast%20fable. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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