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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 film may work on them like a useful parable.
Lacey's anonymous colleague spots a parable in the Davis prom: "In this town, you are judged by how well you can get a story leaked to you, not how well you can develop a story on your own and connect the dots," she said.
In The Last Thing He Wanted , Didion gets to the bottom of the mystery for once, and a parable that had long since begun to seem world-weary becomes unexpectedly gripping.
In 1996, Miller's own son produced a fine film version of The Crucible , Miller's 1953 tragedy about the Salem witch trials as a parable of McCarthyism.