dead giveaway
Example Sentences
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As he and his wife watched his beloved Ducks lose to a beleaguered Oklahoma State team, Woodin spotted a dead giveaway in Moore’s footwork.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
While both phones and laptops now have high-quality cameras, the formatting is a dead giveaway that you’re not on a laptop, says Melissa Marcus, a career coach who worked as a recruiter for 20 years.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
When happiness is a dead giveaway that someone either doesn’t know, or doesn’t care, how very bad things are?
From Washington Post ● Mar. 31, 2023
If the name of the film wasn't a dead giveaway, "Women Talking" is nothing without its powerful screenplay, which reads like an Ancient Greek dialogue on the nature of religion and submission.
From Salon ● Mar. 11, 2023
She offered him a honey cake, but he shook his head, which was a dead giveaway right there that he had something on his mind.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
