- present participle of tell.
telling
Example Sentences
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I kept my silence during the family conference calls, except for telling his brother what my financial adviser told me.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
Speaking after this alleged incident, the complainant told police: "I think by that point I knew it wasn't quite right, he kept telling me to 'shh', I had to be secretive and not tell anyone."
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
“Management was telling us what they wanted us to hear,” she told me.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
But Yap Lay Sheng, a senior human rights specialist with Fortify Rights, told AFP: "There's no telling how the regime would treat returnees."
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
She was telling him that the gossip about me had not caught fire, that my reputation was intact.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
