How to use tale in a sentence

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• Draw near to the fire and I will tell you a tale.From the entry draw
• A tale is but half told, if only one person tells it.From the entry told
• He charmed her with his dashing tales of his days as a sailor.From the entry charm
• There is an apocryphal tale of a little boy plugging the dike with his finger.From the entry apocryphal
• I used to love reading fairy tales when I was a child.From the entry fairy tale
• He's telling us another fairy tale about how great the software will be.From the entry fairy tale
• The old man recounted the tale of how he caught the big fish.From the entry recount
• The author decided to retell the classic fairy tale with a modern twist.From the entry retell
• These frame tale interludes frequently include transcriptions of Italian folk songs.From the entry transcription
• His many embellishings of the tale stretched the credulity of the listeners.From the entry embellishing
• The horrifying tales he told made my hair stand on end.From the entry stand on end
• It may be a tall tale, but there is a grain of truth to it as well.From the entry grain of truth
• The story of Beauty and the Beast is a tale as old as time.From the entry tale as old as time
• We sat about the fire singing songs and telling tales.From the entry fire
• The tale is full of magic and sorcery.From the entry sorcery
• She was untouched by his tale of woes.From the entry untouched
• Please, regale us with your best tales!From the entry regale
• In the tale, a maleficent witch cursed the newborn princess.From the entry maleficent
• Don't listen to him; he's telling tales.From the entry tell tales
• His heroic deeds were immortalised in song and tale.From the entry immortalise
• Lovecraft wrote many Dunsanian tales of dreams and gods.From the entry Dunsanian
• It was a long, logorrheic tale.From the entry logorrheic
• However, no tall tale or playground rumor has surpassed Herobrine, Minecrafts most infamous urban legend, in popularity.2024 July 24, Jack Peachey, “Minecraft’s Herobrine Creepypasta Explained”, in Game Rant. From the entry playground rumor
• I know how you're feeling, but maybe it's time to give up on this fairy tale.2023, Mallory Black, How To One-Night Stand. From the entry sexcation
• Greatness in the chemistry, yet its cringeyness, between two people this tale follows.2023 October 27, Sam Guevara, “Sam’s Showtime Schedule”, in Samantha “Sam” Guevara, editor, The Innis Herald, volume 59, number 1…. From the entry cringeyness
• "Sure enough, she and Major Dewart came tromping in, with a fish tale about a flat tire."2022 December 27, Michelle Gable, The Lipstick Bureau: A Novel Inspired by a Real-Life Female Spy, Harlequin, →ISBN. From the entry fish tale
• But don’t expect Millennials and Zers to believe such a tale.2022 June 22, Robert Shinkoskey, “Ancient technology for today”, in Wabash Plain Dealer, page A7. From the entry Zer
• I had not known of the tale of Pyramus & Thisbe, an early Romeo & Juliet-esque tale.2022 February 26, Jim Chatfield, “Plant lovers’ almanac: So much to love and learn about trees”, in Akron Beacon Journal, volume 183…. From the entry Romeo & Juliet-esque
• A faction recalled Duke mentioning Bajan ancestry at some point, which lent credence to the tale.2021, Colson Whitehead, Harlem Shuffle, Fleet, pages 241–242. From the entry bajan
• How can you be so surprised at a happy ending, after all those fairy tales you read?”2021, Hilary McKay, The Swallows' Flight, page 269. From the entry tck
• After all, if Tale-Spin could see itself from the metalevel, it would never misspin a tale.2021, Tony Veale, Your Wit Is My Command: Building AIs with a Sense of Humor, page 85. From the entry misspin
• This is Whig history on steroids, repackaged as a mirthless morality tale for the 21st century.2019 May 19, Kim A. Wagner, “Rees-Mogg’s book is ‘sentimental jingoism and empire nostalgia’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry Whig history
• Those tales he told about backpacking the two-thousand-mile-long Appalachian Trail while fighting off bears and wolves?2018, Betty Webb, The Otter of Death. From the entry Hemingway
• Dismal Jemmy's con artistry estranges the cautionary temperance tale in two crucial ways.2018, Amanda Claybaugh, The Novel of Purpose, page 63. From the entry con artistry
• It is an incredible tale and one that makes no sense on so many levels.2017 March 14, Stuart James, “Leicester stun Sevilla to reach last eight after Kasper Schmeichel save”, in the Guardian. From the entry anchor
• The old tales told of these noble animals sighted padding across clodded fields or circling shrinking copses.2017, Benjamin Myers, The Gallows Pole, Bloomsbury, published 2019, page 155. From the entry carr
• These sites contain living spirits, or Shxweli, and stand as cautionary tales from their ancestors.2017 April 22, Francesca Bianco and Holly McKenzie Sutter, “Set in Stone: Stó:lō ancestors' spirits live in Fraser Valley landmarks”, in…. From the entry Stó:lō

Meaning of tale

1. noun A rehearsal of what has occurred; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story.
2. noun A number told or counted off; a reckoning by count; an enumeration.
3. noun The fraudulent opportunity presented by a confidence man to the mark or victim.

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• Tale in Hindi
• Tale in Urdu
• Tale in Sanskrit
• Tale in Pashto

Questions about tale in a sentence

How do you use tale in a sentence?

Tale is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Don't tell tales!”

What is a short sentence with tale?

“Don't tell tales!”

What does tale mean?

Tale means a rehearsal of what has occurred; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story.