as in lie
a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive
did you really see a bear, or are you telling us another one of your fairy tales?
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Recent Examples of fairy tale
Many have compared Gladys to a classic fairy tale antagonist, a villain whose undefined age and unambiguously evil motivations thrust a town into chaos.
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Brian Welk, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2025
By the time Gladys shows up in full, the movie becomes a fairy tale of the Brothers Grimm sort.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 9 Aug. 2025
From Transylvania and beyond, this itinerary reveals a dramatic, dynamic side of Europe that often seems like the domain of legends and fairy tales.
—AFAR Media, 26 July 2025
In The Land of Stories, twins Alex and Conner Bailey, fresh from the tragic loss of their father, are transported into a magic book where the classic fairy tales come to life — magically, hilariously, and sometimes dangerously — in one connected universe.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 22 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for fairy tale
Brian Welk, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2025
By the time Gladys shows up in full, the movie becomes a fairy tale of the Brothers Grimm sort.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 9 Aug. 2025
From Transylvania and beyond, this itinerary reveals a dramatic, dynamic side of Europe that often seems like the domain of legends and fairy tales.
—AFAR Media, 26 July 2025
In The Land of Stories, twins Alex and Conner Bailey, fresh from the tragic loss of their father, are transported into a magic book where the classic fairy tales come to life — magically, hilariously, and sometimes dangerously — in one connected universe.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 22 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fairy tale
Noun
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This symbolic double death mirrors the show’s title Two Graves, suggesting that revenge, lies, and obsession ultimately consume not only the guilty but also those who can’t let go of their grief.—
Isabella Wandermurem,
Time,
29 Aug. 2025
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Blake Adams convinced me that a good, consistent setup, from the slant of my shoulders to the precise ball position in my stance to the height of the tee to the lie angle of the club behind the ball at address before the swing was half the battle.—
Larry Olmsted,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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The tale of the wreck On what would end up being its last voyage, the Carruthers stopped at Fort William, Ontario, now Thunder Bay, on Lake Superior, and picked up 371,000 bushels of wheat.—
Frank Witsil,
Freep.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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In the wide field of true-crime podcasts, tales of elaborate scams and long cons are a growing subset.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
22 Aug. 2025
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Jordan Green and Diana Leyva contributed to this story.—
Joyce Orlando,
The Tennessean,
23 Aug. 2025
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This story covers travel in the first six months of the Braun administration.—
Brittany Carloni,
IndyStar,
23 Aug. 2025
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“Fairy tale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fairy%20tale. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.
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