How to Use tale in a Sentence

tale

noun

• The movie is a stirring tale of courage.
• Are you telling tales again? Or is that the truth?
• He told us thrilling tales about his adventures as a pilot in the war.
• We listened to his familiar tale of woe as he talked again about the failure of his marriage.
• Plus, don’t miss the whale of a tale that started with a cloud of snot.
  — CNN, 17 Oct. 2023
• Freaky films are meant to be shared, in the dark, like campfire tales.
  — The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2024
• And that is the tale of two pardons — and one hateful man.
  — Lz Granderson, The Mercury News, 23 May 2024
• The true-crime tale of a genius art thief who kept all the spoils for himself.
  — The California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2024
• William Faulkner told all sorts of tall tales about his life and work.
  — James Campbell, WSJ, 17 Nov. 2023
• The amount of half-down 3-pointers in the closing minutes told the tale: Close, but not enough.
  — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 12 Jan. 2024
• Whatever could be made of that tale, the new face—his face—was here to stay.
  — Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2023
• That fact is no less improbable than the tale that led Vail to the Beach Boys in the first place.
  — Joe Rubin, Sacramento Bee, 27 Mar. 2024
• This cautionary tale gets to the heart of the dark side of celebrity culture.
  — Jessica Gentile, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2023
• Of course, for the moment this is mostly talk, and tales have a way of spreading.
  — Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Apr. 2023
• Of the men who manned the Armada, fewer than half returned to tell the tale.
  — Stephen Brumwell, WSJ, 27 Jan. 2023
• This is also a tale about the quest to understand one’s roots.
  — Terry W. Hartle, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 July 2024
• Check out the exhibits, take the tour and hear the tale of the 1964 tsunami that swept across the city and stranded the lighthouse keepers in the tower.
  — Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2024
• All the while, the 2014 pro-democracy uprisings are the backdrop to this tale.
  — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 26 Jan. 2024
• That’s what counts as a silver lining to this sorry tale.
  — Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2024
• The timeless tale has resonated for decades and shows no signs of stopping.
  — Angel Madison, Country Living, 6 June 2023
• Needless to say, the photographs only tell half the tale.
  — Dr. Tessa Dunlop, Town & Country, 2 Apr. 2023
• Though in this case, the fact in question may be more of a tall tale—but an amusing one, nonetheless.
  — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Dec. 2023
• That was the sad tale of Caudipteryx, a three-foot-long dinosaur that lived about 125 million years ago in what’s now China.
  — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 25 Jan. 2024
• The Frozen films tell the tale of two royal sisters who are orphaned when their parents, the king and queen of Arendelle.
  — Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Aug. 2024
• And, indeed, there is one more data point in my little tale.
  — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Jan. 2024
• Juno summons a tale that is the perfect length for a sultry weekend read.
  — Lorraine Berry, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
• By tradition and state law, the ships must remain in the deep water, but when found their tales can be told.
  — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 1 May 2024
• Yet, the show moves past a surface-level tale because of its layers.
  — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 1 Dec. 2023
• These locals often add to the tapestry of understanding of the crimes documented on the tour and how the tales of the past can sometimes reveal issues that are still needing to be addressed in the present.
  — Jennifer Stavros, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2024
• They were struck by how Butler’s tale seemed to surpass fiction into reality.
  — Stacie Stukin, ARTnews.com, 31 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Nov 2024