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a
: a series of events or facts told or presented : account
b(1)
: a report of a private or confidential matter
dead men tell no tales
(2)
: a libelous report or piece of gossip
Examples of tale in a Sentence
The movie is a stirring tale of courage.
We listened to his familiar tale of woe as he talked again about the failure of his marriage.
He told us thrilling tales about his adventures as a pilot in the war.
Are you telling tales again? Or is that the truth?
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Passengers huddle to hear the fabled tale of a sailor who fell in love with the ocean, an allegory about bravery, exploration and transformation.
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Josh Rivera, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2025
Were the tales of alien abduction that became popular in the 1980s a kind of mass hallucination?
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 9 Mar. 2025
Some of the men who were deported from Guantánamo to Venezuela have told a familiar tale of being beaten by guards, strip-searched, and put into solitary confinement, and of suicide attempts as well as hunger strikes to protest the inhumane conditions.
—Edwidge Danticat, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2025
This week, a tale of two lunar landers demonstrates why scientists and engineers always expect the unexpected in the saga of space exploration.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 8 Mar. 2025
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Josh Rivera, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2025
Were the tales of alien abduction that became popular in the 1980s a kind of mass hallucination?
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 9 Mar. 2025
Some of the men who were deported from Guantánamo to Venezuela have told a familiar tale of being beaten by guards, strip-searched, and put into solitary confinement, and of suicide attempts as well as hunger strikes to protest the inhumane conditions.
—Edwidge Danticat, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2025
This week, a tale of two lunar landers demonstrates why scientists and engineers always expect the unexpected in the saga of space exploration.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 8 Mar. 2025
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“Tale.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tale. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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