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.
• Only in this telling of the tale the big guy has all the rocks.
  — Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 16 Apr. 2022
• Plus, don’t miss the whale of a tale that started with a cloud of snot.
  — CNN, 17 Oct. 2023
• Then there’s the tale of the nun who was crushed by an ox on the working farm.
  — Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal, 18 Oct. 2022
• The tale of the finding of the Gloucester was picturesque, too.
  — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
• And no Ozzie Guillen on the premises to tell tall tales about the Wrigley Field rats.
  — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 17 May 2025
• Freaky films are meant to be shared, in the dark, like campfire tales.
  — The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2024
• The first is the tale of a life of purpose and principle.
  — Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2022
• 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
• That women must strive to be in great shape is a tale as old as time.
  — Ellen Gamerman, WSJ, 3 Sep. 2022
• William Faulkner told all sorts of tall tales about his life and work.
  — James Campbell, WSJ, 17 Nov. 2023
• The weeks ahead will tell the tale of what the public makes of Johnson’s anti-hero.
  — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 22 Oct. 2022
• 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
• If only the state of the modern workplace were a Seussian tale.
  — Ann Kowal Smith, Forbes, 20 Dec. 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
• The tale of that match has been told a few times in the quarter-century since.
  — Jack Lang, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
• 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
• For tabloids, this is a tale as old as time—but this doesn’t just happen in tabloids now.
  — Beth Sobol, Allure, 17 July 2025
• 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
• The tale extends beyond finances.
  — Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 3 Feb. 2026
• Suddenly my parents’ tales from 80 years ago are no longer remote and alien.
  — Dr. Michael Good, Hartford Courant, 3 Feb. 2026
• Here, from The Times archives, is another tale from that route.
  — Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
• Pop culture is full of cautionary tales about time spent waiting for commitment.
  — Meehika Barua, Time, 3 Feb. 2026
• Each tale abounds with existential questions and turns the familiar eerie.
  — Bekah Waalkes, The Atlantic, 3 Feb. 2026