Examples of tall tale/story in a Sentence
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The Fancy’s tall tale claimed the crew needed permission to take on provisions before going straight.
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Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
The fraud artist will spin a tall tale of how these investments are extremely secret, regularly used by the super-rich, and the fraud artist has somehow been able to make connections with the bankers who can provide these instruments.
—Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
As per usual, Biden made it all about himself and yet another tall tale about his own personal connection to that bridge which didn't exist.
—Fox News, 27 Mar. 2024
There’s an overt element of exaggeration that bends the story into the substance and the tone of legend—the effect is of an onscreen tall tale.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 2 June 2022
Others, like rumors of him stabbing an audience member for taking his photograph, were never verified beyond their tall tale status, but those stories played a role in dramatizing G.I.S.M.’s mystique abroad.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 2 Sep. 2023
Though in this case, the fact in question may be more of a tall tale—but an amusing one, nonetheless.
—Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Dec. 2023
The monochrome cinematography has a spooky feel to it that holds attention — apt for a film that plays like an enchanting tall tale seeped in ancient lore.
—Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 8 Dec. 2023
That effort led to a Chicago tall tale in which Shanahan had Pitbull call Sen. Marco Rubio to get his vote.
—Andy Vasoyan, SPIN, 16 Feb. 2023
Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
The fraud artist will spin a tall tale of how these investments are extremely secret, regularly used by the super-rich, and the fraud artist has somehow been able to make connections with the bankers who can provide these instruments.
—Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
As per usual, Biden made it all about himself and yet another tall tale about his own personal connection to that bridge which didn't exist.
—Fox News, 27 Mar. 2024
There’s an overt element of exaggeration that bends the story into the substance and the tone of legend—the effect is of an onscreen tall tale.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 2 June 2022
Others, like rumors of him stabbing an audience member for taking his photograph, were never verified beyond their tall tale status, but those stories played a role in dramatizing G.I.S.M.’s mystique abroad.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 2 Sep. 2023
Though in this case, the fact in question may be more of a tall tale—but an amusing one, nonetheless.
—Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Dec. 2023
The monochrome cinematography has a spooky feel to it that holds attention — apt for a film that plays like an enchanting tall tale seeped in ancient lore.
—Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 8 Dec. 2023
That effort led to a Chicago tall tale in which Shanahan had Pitbull call Sen. Marco Rubio to get his vote.
—Andy Vasoyan, SPIN, 16 Feb. 2023
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“Tall tale/story.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tall%20tale%2Fstory. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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