tell tale
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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
Here, he stood frozen at the crease, bat hanging loosely, a tell tale sign of a batter anticipating a short delivery and belatedly reacting to one that wasn't.
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2024
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
It is necessary to have a tell tale connected with the apparatus, which will show when the surface of the glass has been thus adjusted.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 365, December 30, 1882 by Various