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Recent Examples of bestiary
Our Creature, Our Selves Image This fair is also a bestiary, with many of its animal objects ready to serve.
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Walker Mimms, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
In the bestiary, the animals representing the sins were related to animals that existed.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 7 Aug. 2024
That creature, in turn, can be traced back to medieval bestiaries as a type of whale called aspidochelone, first mentioned in a 2nd-century CE Alexandrian manuscript called the Physiologus.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 1 Mar. 2023
Though his catalogue of catastrophe is real, what one most remembers are the beasts in his bestiary.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2023
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Walker Mimms, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
In the bestiary, the animals representing the sins were related to animals that existed.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 7 Aug. 2024
That creature, in turn, can be traced back to medieval bestiaries as a type of whale called aspidochelone, first mentioned in a 2nd-century CE Alexandrian manuscript called the Physiologus.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 1 Mar. 2023
Though his catalogue of catastrophe is real, what one most remembers are the beasts in his bestiary.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bestiary
Noun
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Sufi saints used stories, parables and allegories to teach spiritual truths.—
Sonya Rehman,
Forbes.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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While Jesus may have used parables and the Apostle Paul used letters, Francis used social media to spread the Gospel.—
John Blake,
CNN Money,
22 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Warfare cannot reconcile the difference between documentary and allegory.—
Paul A. Thompson,
Pitchfork,
17 Apr. 2025
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And then Arthur Miller himself wrote the play as an allegory for McCarthyism.—
Nick Romano,
EW.com,
14 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Max Webster’s production, which won three Tony Awards for its mesmerizing design, brings audiences along on an adventure that combines the heartfelt wisdom of a classic fable with the splendor of modern stage poetry.—
Christopher Knight,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Apr. 2025
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With a beautifully labyrinthian plot, Alma and Mina’s story is a modern fable about good samaritans and well-intentioned, moneyed, privileged people.—
Manuel Betancourt,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Many are reshaping the narrative around contact lens care.—
Kaitlyn Gomez,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2025
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As the draft enters its final day, Sanders has yet to be picked causing previous pre-draft narratives to resurface throughout the NFL media landscape.—
Kambui Bomani,
Forbes.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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“Bestiary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bestiary. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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