Sentence examples for made a tale from inspiring English sources

What made "A Tale of Love and Darkness" an event is the power with which it entwines the intimate story of an immigrant family — a lonely, depressed mother, a distant father, and their son — with the larger historical story: Europe's rejection, the frantic search for refuge among Arabs in Palestine, the idealism and the disappointments, the establishment of Israel and the war that followed.

Trollope knew that he "could not make a tale pleasing, chiefly or perhaps in any part" by politics.

Henryson blights Cresseid with leprosy, and makes a tale which is both apocalyptic – the lovers' fate reflects a whole history of warfare – and intimate.

The touching relationship between Clair-de-Lune and her little mouse friend makes a tale (pun intended) that will move even the youngest reader.

However, the mere presence of animals that talk does not make a tale a fairy tale, especially when the animal is clearly a mask on a human face, as in fables.

His coy response: "I only made a fairy tale".

Conjuring the ghost of Chaucer, Michael Powell made A Canterbury Tale in Kent, a film replete with the fears and frissons of the period.

And why has Doyle — who revitalized Sondheim so thrillingly when he staged "Sweeney Todd" (2005) and "Company" (2006) — made a minor tale even more so by clamping down on his own inventiveness?

And why has Doyle — who revitalized Sondheim so thrillingly when he staged "Sweeney Todd" and "Company," in 2005 and 2006 respectively — made a minor tale even more so by clamping down on his own inventiveness?

For fucks sake, I made a fairy tale and it was only during the trial and the lawyers who started calling it "amputations" and "horror".

Her success is what has made a fairy-tale ending - or middle - to her life.