Definition of Tale

a story that typically describes an important or notable incident

Examples of Tale in a sentence

Washington Irving’s The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is a tale of witchcraft, romance, and a headless horseman on a quest for revenge.  

Sitting around the campfire, the Girl Scout told a ghastly tale of a malignant ghost that haunted the very woods they sat in.  

Romeo and Juliet is a tragic tale of star-crossed lovers.  

Whenever her grandmother got nostalgic, she loved to tell the tale of her escape from Nazi Hungary during WWII.  

The Brothers Grim perfected the art of the fairy tale well before Disney.  

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