Sentence examples for form of a tale from inspiring English sources

On the other hand, the embarrassment comes in the form of a tale making the rounds of the gala as to the whereabouts of the invited McLaren drivers.

Wollstonecraft's prescriptions to counter the deplorable education she thought her contemporaries were inflicting on their children takes the form of a tale about two girls, Mary and Caroline.

McKenna has shaped Weisberger's breathless iterations into a reliable plot — a primal Manhattan success story in the form of a fairy tale.

If the idea of a human watery past does have merit, then, it may be in the form of a cautionary tale.

In rehearsals for the opera, which explores themes of truth, wisdom and good versus evil in the form of a fairy tale about a prince on a rescue mission, the Kalispels say they have found many parallels to their own storytelling tradition, which emphasizes dance and music.

JACK ANDERSON * LULA WASHINGTON DANCE COMPANY New Yorkers don't get many chances to see the work and company of this quietly innovative Los Angeles-based modern dance choreographer, whose blend of African and modern dance, ballet and performance art often expresses political and social commentary in the form of a folk tale, with humor and passion.

This usually takes the form of a brainwashing tale in which he is more sinned against than sinning.

Seton's response was in the form of a lighthearted tale about a critic named Little Mucky obviously meant to parody Burroughs himself who climbs a hill called Big Periodic, only to throw mud at a newcomer who attracts attention away from him.

In Memorial do convento (1982; "Memoirs of the Convent"; Eng. trans. Baltasar and Blimunda), told in the form of an epic tale, the story of the building of a magnificent convent is also an allegory of human suffering throughout history.

Detailed analysis of its form told a tale of Brobdingnagian activities in a far corner of the universe: the last waltz of a pair of black holes shockingly larger than astrophysicists had been expecting.

Jonathan Dee's intelligent new novel, "The Privileges," asks these questions in the form of a contemporary morality tale.