Words similar to fable
Example sentences for: fable
How can you use “fable” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
In that regard, a point to be made about the culture of the period in contrast to the language, is the publication, late in the century, of a number of reference books, especially readers' handbooks and particularly A Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, by E. Cobham Brewer, which went through many printings and, revived in the latter part of the 20th century, through several updated editions.
Critics can't decide whether this fable by An Officer and a Gentleman director Taylor Hackford is good kitschy fun or a "never-never land of movie awfulness" (David Denby, New York ). Praise goes to Al Pacino's frenetic performance as the devil--a Manhattan lawyer--who wants to corrupt his naive junior partner, played by Keanu Reeves.
There is also a Bibliography of sorts: the OED was, but the OED2e was not consulted; Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable was, perhaps somewhat uncritically; and, among works that either fail to reflect the latest scholarship, are not pertinent to the task set, or are just plain awful, the following are listed: Wilfred Funk's Word Origins and Their Romantic Stories , (a 1978 reprint of a 1950 work); Universal Dictionary of the English Language (1897); a modern selection from Johnson's Dictionary (1755); Partridge's Origins (1977), a work long criticized for its errors; and Webster's New Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language (1965), which is a $15 reprint, cursorily updated, of the 19th-century Ogilvie edition of Annandale's Dictionary .
Those in favor say the film is really a fable about parental love, since Benigni's character's antics are really an effort to shield his son from the horrors of World War II.
After snagging the grand prize at Sundance and the best first film prize at Cannes, this fable of the redemptive power of poetry wins more praise in its general release.
Loading...