Sentence examples for defining tale from inspiring English sources

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Running for president in 1976 he told what became a defining tale about the "strapping young buck" in the supermarket line who used stamps to buy T-bone steaks.

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On top of that, we wish to propose a new demarcation system for the TALE repeat from a structural point of view given that the previously defined TALE repeat appears to be inconsistent with the basic structural unit of a TALE protein (Fig. S1A).

In his essay "On Fairy-Stories", J. R. R. Tolkien agreed with the exclusion of "fairies" from the definition, defining fairy tales as stories about the adventures of men in Faërie, the land of fairies, fairytale princes and princesses, dwarves, elves, and not only other magical species but many other marvels.

However, it was two of their contemporaries, Benoît de Sainte-Maure in his French verse romance and Guido delle Colonne in his Latin prose history, both also admirers of Dares, who were to define the tale of Troy for the remainder of the medieval period.

Among his many translations are several edited anthologies of Yiddish folk tales, defined broadly -- tales of anonymous authorship from an oral tradition, tales by known authors which contributed to the oral tradition, and tales by known authors which emulate the oral tradition, both realist and extremely fantastical.

Parkinson defines tales as "...non-commemorative, non-functional, fictional narratives" that usually employ the key word "narrate" (sdd).

What campaigns peddle is not simply character but character as defined by story — a tale of opposing forces that in its telling will memorably establish what a given election is about.

In his Canterbury Tales, he introduces "The Monk's Tale" by defining tragedy as "a certeyn storie… / of him that stood in greet prosperitee, / And is y-fallen out of heigh degree / Into miserie, and endeth wrecchedly".

Author(s): Rachel Klein, The New York Times Learning Network Yasmin Chin Eisenhauer, Bank Street College of Education in New York Suggested Time Allowance: 45 minutes – 1 hour Objectives: Students will: 1. Define "folk tale"; discuss common themes in folk tales.

If the Austin-to-Park City axis was once defined by chatty tales of rudderless 20-somethings, à la Richard Linklater's "Slacker," or scrappy, D.I.Y. action thrillers, à la Robert Rodriguez's "El Mariachi," the "Texas style" of indie filmmaking now seems more difficult to define.

These tales defined the early canon of Western literature and showed that despite heroism and resilience man was hostage to elements beyond his control.

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