tell tales
Example Sentences
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So he decides to keep appearing in clubs to tell tales of his relationship woes, lacing the commentary with rueful remarks that are vaguely comic, though nothing he says is actually funny.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025
Those who were in Sin City that week in December 2007 tell tales of thousands of British fight fans emptying the bars of alcohol.
From BBC • Sep. 14, 2025
On Sundays in the old days, the whole family gathered at the Southern California chicken ranch to hear the old man tell tales of the Mexican Revolution of 1910.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2022
It’s a marvelous introduction to his ability to tell tales even as the ground shifts beneath our feet.
From New York Times • Jul. 20, 2022
Matt Creighton’s grandfather had lived through the Revolution; Matt himself had survived the Mexican War; and Uncle Billy Jeffers, down the road, was still alive to tell tales of the War of 1812.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
