Thesaurus results for PARABLE

parable

noun

ˈper-ə-bəl

as in allegory

a story intended to teach a basic truth or moral about life the parable in which the repentant sinner is compared to the returning prodigal son who is welcomed home

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Recent Examples of parable Bathed in a pink-pop glow, its pastiche of romance and horror collide in a viciously mischievous parable of technology and control that speaks to these most anxious times. —Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 22 Jan. 2025 From Timothy Snyder’s chilling parables of fascism abroad to Heather Cox Richardson’s portraits of extremism at home, our leading professional historians have played no small part in entrenching this sequence as the fundamental narrative of our time. —Matthew Karp, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024 Elegant and spare, this is an environmental parable that doesn’t hammer away at its message. —Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 4 Dec. 2024 Some people come to listen, some to vent, some to mull the parables through fogs of addiction or mental illness. —Moriah Ratner, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for parable

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The eerie suitors and tense courtships throughout her art are allegories for her own jinxed marriages.

— Jeremy Lybarger, ARTnews.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Ant biology and behavior have long inspired science projects and allegories.

— Barbara Robertson, The Mercury News, 17 Mar. 2025