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telling
adjective as in effective, significant
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Have a look at this telling research from Pew on blasphemy and apostasy laws around the world.
So she lies to the knight, telling him Madalena is sorry and wants him back.
There is, fortunately, not too much telling of the future in Harry Potter.
French President François Hollande is telling the French people they should “not lump them together.”
Even before the shootings, New York policeman were telling the Mayor not to attend their funerals.
The "bad form" of telling a lie to the head-master is a later illustration of the same thing.
But in the end his health gave way, and the Emperor himself wrote to Prince Eugne telling him to send the old warrior home.
But, without telling me what she meant to do, mother took it all to the Casino—and—it followed the rest.
When the father had finished, he stabbed his wife, telling her to repent of her sins and to confess to God who would pardon her.
Never had Punch secured the telling of that tale with so little opposition.
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On this page you'll find 80 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to telling, such as: cogent, conspicuous, convincing, decisive, devastating, and forceful.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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