Words similar to parable

Example sentences for: parable

How can you use “parable” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

, Pleasantville turns into a "leaden political parable" about intolerance (Joe Morgenstern, the Wall Street Journal ). (This fan site has a Pleasantville message board.)
The sad story of the Coalition for the Homeless, and of its decline from the moral pinnacle it once occupied, is a parable of that failure of vision.
So in the real economy, as in the parable, productivity growth in one sector seems to have led to job gains in the other.
When they do so, they will find that parable of the widow's cruse--a marvelous tidbit on the rewards of vigorous consumption spending as opposed to parsimony, niggardliness, and thrift.
In fact, it is a parable of how the law, properly applied, can undermine anyone.