tell tale
Example Sentences
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It's hard to be conclusive from a satellite image taken from above, but these buildings did not have visible damage to their structure or tell tale signs like nearby rubble or changes to their outlines.
From BBC • Nov. 11, 2025
That's a tell tale sign that it's been recycled from a previous event.
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2022
The tell tale rattle is made by the rapid shaking together of hard rings of keratin at the tip of the reptiles' tails.
From BBC • Aug. 19, 2021
The tell tale sign was when I was about 7 or 8 years old.
From Time • Oct. 16, 2012
After this, if any movement of the stars takes place, the tell tale micrometer at once detects it.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881 by Various
