| cautionary tale | 14.29 | Lolita is a cautionary tale. | ||
| classic tale | 2.17 | The classic tale won nothing from Newbery. | ||
| sad tale | 1.91 | A sad tale. | ||
| similar tale | 1.78 | Commerce tells a similar tale. | ||
| different tale | 1.65 | Simpson told a different tale. | ||
| tall tale | 1.65 | And she would tell him a tall tale. | ||
| familiar tale | 1.25 | This is a familiar tale, of course. | ||
| old tale | 1.18 | Forget the old tale. | ||
| tragic tale | 1.18 | John A. Monahan told his tragic tale. | ||
| sordid tale | 0.86 | But the sordid tale has a happy ending. | ||
| sorry tale | 0.72 | Still, there is light in this sorry tale. | ||
| american tale | 0.66 | A true American tale! | ||
| complex tale | 0.66 | The psychologically complex tale explores the murky realm between reality and dreams. | ||
| harrowing tale | 0.66 | American couple tell harrowing tale of surviving deadly avalanche. | ||
| little tale | 0.66 | Imagine a little Faustian tale. | ||
| dark tale | 0.59 | Nowadays the world is at peace, so why reinvent this dark tale of gloom and doom? | ||
| epic tale | 0.59 | Truly an epic tale of our times! | ||
| good tale | 0.59 | Larsen spins a good tale. | ||
| remarkable tale | 0.59 | Divers tell remarkable tale of lone survivor. | ||
| simple tale | 0.59 | The moral of this simple tale should be clear. |