Sentence examples for tales when from inspiring English sources

Finally, oral tales, when transcribed faithfully, are often barely readable.

She wrote her first book, a privately circulated collection of fairy tales, when she was 13.

Chaucer was a little more than halfway through "The Canterbury Tales" when he died.

My mom read me a lot of fairy tales when I was little.

It's also true that such tales, when piled on fervently enough, insist on being heard.

Why should we be talking about fairy tales when the government is slashing spending on schools, defense and hospitals?

"It's a fairy tale when you read about his background.

Their epic tale, when Harrer told it in Seven Years in Tibet (1953), became a classic.

"It feels like a fairy tale when you look back on it," he says of the class.

Bram's framing best suits the first part of his tale, when writers often spoke only in code.

The golden age ended, says one tale, when Ahura Mazdā told Yima of a terrible winter to come.