Explore Fables through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Fables meaning
plural of fable
Using Fables
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of fable
- In the example corpus, fables often appears in combinations such as: fables and, and fables, fables of.
Context around Fables
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 13 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Fables
- In this selection, "fables" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, mythological, mesopotamian, creation, essentially, unfortunately and yielding stand out and add context to how "fables" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include aesop s fables and aesop s fables has argued. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "fables" sits close to words such as abbasid, abdicate and adapters, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with fables
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The book features a variety of tales and fables. (9 words)
Their stories unfold unpredictably, interconnected fables yielding bleak truths. (9 words)
These movies are supposed to be mythological fables, and there are consequences. (12 words)
Ben E. Perry (compiler of the " Perry Index " of Aesop's fables) has argued controversially that some of the Buddhist Jataka tales and some of the fables in the Panchatantra may have been influenced by similar Greek and Near Eastern ones. (41 words)
In the first, a lacquered and silver-leafed frame standing on the floor carries six watercolour paintings on silk extending the environmental fables of the film – a boy caring for a beached Irrawaddy dolphin, young pioneers spraying insecticide. (38 words)
Dancing us through and bouncing us back and forth from past to present, and sometimes to fables and campfire origin stories, lives in the tangled construct that doesn’t feel so split in the end. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
Ben E. Perry (compiler of the " Perry Index " of Aesop's fables) has argued controversially that some of the Buddhist Jataka tales and some of the fables in the Panchatantra may have been influenced by similar Greek and Near Eastern ones.
These movies are supposed to be mythological fables, and there are consequences.
As for its story, it draws from Greek, Jewish, and Mesopotamian fables to tell a folktale about life and death.
Contemporary composer Huang Ruo has adapted four ancient creation fables from the Chinese classic for this puppet opera for a dozen singers, six puppeteers, and two percussionists.
Dancing us through and bouncing us back and forth from past to present, and sometimes to fables and campfire origin stories, lives in the tangled construct that doesn’t feel so split in the end.
The book features a variety of tales and fables.
Dearly, please read one of Aesop’s Fables, “The Boy Who Cried Wolf” because that’s exactly what some news outlets are doing with Yellowstone sometimes.
His collection, “Metazoan Variations: Evolutionary Fables and Other Emblematic Tales,” is forthcoming from UnCollected Press of Ellicott City, Md.
In the first, a lacquered and silver-leafed frame standing on the floor carries six watercolour paintings on silk extending the environmental fables of the film – a boy caring for a beached Irrawaddy dolphin, young pioneers spraying insecticide.
Meanwhile Harley uses her signature bat to take off the head of the Queen of Fables, essentially killing one of her mentors.
The project consists of multiple short stories -- all written by Bluth himself -- that bear similarities to various nursery rhymes and Aesop fables.
Those who believe such fables, unfortunately, are willing to force their nightmarish onto the American people and the world.
African Fables, with Adi Paxton, will run from Monday, 17 to Saturday, 22 June at 11am.
After pianist Lindsey Gardner joined in 2018, the identity of Fables of the Fall had radically shifted and the band had reached a new level of experimentation.
The Arabic-language anthology series will explore regional tales and fables from the Middle East, with each episode focusing on a new story.
With George Mann’s new short story collection, Star Wars: Myths and Fables, that depth gains even more nuance.
Into the Woods Jr. features all of your favorite characters – Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack (and his beanstalk) and the Witch in this lyrically rich retelling of classic Brothers Grimm fables.
Pretend this is something out of an Andrew Lang fairy tale, or even one of Aesop’s fables.
Their stories unfold unpredictably, interconnected fables yielding bleak truths.
The series has more than 400 titles that retell stories from great Indian epics, mythology, history, folklore, and fables in a comic book format.
Common combinations with fables
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- fables and 11×
- and fables 7×
- fables of 5×
- of fables 4×
- the fables 3×
- fables in 3×
- aesop fables 3×
- aesop's fables 2×
- fables to 2×
- fables from 2×