1.   Anansi, a Caribbean spider, begins by spinning a tale about bananas and tricking his friend.

2.   And Saylor is skilled at spinning a tale out of unlikely historical sources.

3.   Against this precarious social backdrop, Balzac spins a tale of revenge as implacable as it is sweet.

4.   He came to the door barefooted and listened sympathetically as we spun our tale of woe.

5.   He came from Cal with a reputation as a stem-winding motivator who could spin a tale about the lessons to be learned from an old, rusty hand pump.

6.   Indeed, to report on Apple is to spin a tale of ambition and intrigue worthy of, if not Shakespeare, then at least Thomas Wolfe.

7.   It is a moment that personifies the theme around which this tale is spun.

8.   Kobs had a way of spinning a tale.

9.   PoolCo backers spin a tale of a highly competitive energy marketplace, with bidders shaving their prices close to their costs and consumers reaping the benefits.

10.   To another, wider audience, Galarraga spun his tale of faith, of being cleansed by a divine dream that made him know all would be well.