tales
plural of “tale” — a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
An inflected form of tale · plural.
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,700 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,178 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program also: narrative, narration, story his narrative was interestingDisney's stories entertain adults as well as children
- a trivial lie also: fib, story, tarradiddle, taradiddle he told a fib about eating his spinachhow can I stop my child from telling stories?
tales in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Her eyes remind one of forgotten fairy tales of angels.
Beyond The Rocks: A Love Story · Elinor Glyn · Chapter 1
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All of these tales are incorporated into this e-book taken from an 1801 edition.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures · Daniel Defoe · Chapter 1
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One of its many profitable ventures is a series of paper-covered tales of crime and adventure.
Something New · P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse · Chapter 1
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The fashion now is for swashbuckling tales with a haze of powder smoke rising to high heaven.
The Lure of the Dim Trails · B. M. Bower · Chapter 1
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At some future day, perhaps, I may tell tales of some of the other bodies to which I have belonged.
The Club of Queer Trades · G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton · Chapter 1