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.
• Have a theme park tale to share?
  — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2026
• Yet this was the tale of two halves.
  — Justin Barrasso, Boston Herald, 13 Jan. 2026
• What’s that folk tale theme for you?
  — Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
• How’s this for a twist in the tale?
  — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 10 June 2026
• This episode is still a tale of two trips.
  — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
• Check plants at night for tell-tale slime trails.
  — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2026
• What is the trio’s tale if not crazy, sexy and cool?
  — Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 11 June 2026
• His season was a tale of two halves.
  — Tom Dougherty, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
• But the tales in this book never end.
  — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 22 Sep. 2025
• The tale is told in three timelines.
  — Bruce Desilva, Boston Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
• That in itself is a tale worth telling.
  — Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 1 Feb. 2026
• There was one further twist in the tale.
  — Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
• This tale started in a most unique way.
  — Tim Reynolds, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2026
• Surfing has had a few great weavers of tales.
  — Corky Carroll, Oc Register, 28 Mar. 2026
• The tale is more nuanced, though.
  — Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
• That’s one final tale, and that’s it.
  — Antonio Ferme, Variety, 25 June 2026
• Fairy tales don’t play favorites.
  — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 6 Feb. 2026
• And the fish tales that come out of it are even better.
  — Ginger Crichton, Midwest Living, 9 Jan. 2026
• The final score doesn't tell the tale of this game.
  — Nbc News, NBC news, 28 June 2026
• The Iraq War was a tale as old as time.
  — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 29 Aug. 2025
• Only in this telling of the tale the big guy has all the rocks.
  — Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 16 Apr. 2022
• Game 7 is where tall tales begin and dreams die.
  — John Romano, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 May 2026
• Freaky films are meant to be shared, in the dark, like campfire tales.
  — The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2024
• That women must strive to be in great shape is a tale as old as time.
  — Ellen Gamerman, WSJ, 3 Sep. 2022
• Other folk tales trace them back to Noah's ark.
  — Emily Feng, NPR, 1 Apr. 2026
• Plus, don’t miss the whale of a tale that started with a cloud of snot.
  — CNN, 17 Oct. 2023