tell the meaning of
Example Sentences
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No great spokesman arose in the U. S. to tell the meaning of this contest.
From Time Magazine Archive
Newspapers must tell the meaning of the news .
From Time Magazine Archive
No tongue can tell the meaning of such a ministry, no pen can trace its influence in melting the hardness of the world into pity and gladness.
From The Builders A Story and Study of Masonry by Newton, Joseph Fort
In the first place we cannot tell the meaning of the word "cause" when applied to a problem of this sort.
From Crime: Its Cause and Treatment by Darrow, Clarence
I couldn't tell the meaning of it; I only felt that I loathed the whole business and wanted to wash my hands of it.
From The American by James, Henry
