hear tell
Example Sentences
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Though I did hear tell of someone baking them into a loquat chess pie and a local brewery adding them into their beer .
From Salon • Feb. 24, 2021
To hear tell of the gardening craze that has spread across the U.S. in recent weeks, it would seem we’re in the middle of a victory garden resurgence.
From Slate • Apr. 28, 2020
It’s not just that there’s nobody you’d rather hear tell how Burrow’s leadership sprouted in part because he “kept his mouth shut” early on.
From Washington Post • Jan. 14, 2020
The Sheriff yelled, “I hear tell he stole someone’s ring!”
From The Verge • Mar. 26, 2018
“One of die things you get to know,” Tom Chamberlain was saying, “is that this here brigade has got its own special bugle call. You ever hear tell of Dan Butterfield?”
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
