Thesaurus / tell
FEEDBACKHow to use tell in a sentence
One of the topics I discussed was self-talk, which in the endurance world is basically the idea that telling yourself “You can do this!”
WHAT MARATHONERS (AND BADMINTON PLAYERS) THINK ABOUTALEX HUTCHINSONFEBRUARY 26, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINEWhen confronted by PG&E investigators, Huggins told the investigators he had paid the $16,750 bill in cash, which he happened to have on hand in his house.
LAWSUIT REVEALS NEW ALLEGATIONS AGAINST PG&E CONTRACTOR ACCUSED OF FRAUDBY SCOTT MORRIS, BAY CITY NEWS FOUNDATIONFEBRUARY 26, 2021PROPUBLICAHer grandson later reached out to Botros to thank him personally — and told him that the woman called all of her friends and urged them to get their shots, too.
THE JOY OF VAX: THE PEOPLE GIVING THE SHOTS ARE SEEING HOPE, AND IT’S CONTAGIOUSMAURA JUDKISFEBRUARY 25, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThe agents were telling him that they could lock him up for the rest of his life.
THE MURDER CHICAGO DIDN’T WANT TO SOLVEBY MICK DUMKEFEBRUARY 25, 2021PROPUBLICAI feel his silence gives her permission to be unkind and tells me that I don't matter to him.
MISS MANNERS: GET OUT OF DODGE BEFORE THE ABUSIVE MOTHER-IN-LAW VISITSJUDITH MARTIN, NICHOLAS MARTIN, JACOBINA MARTINFEBRUARY 25, 2021WASHINGTON POSTWhen Blount told us about her challenge, we thought, Now that’s something we can get behind.
‘BEYOND FAMILIAR’: EPISODE ONEOUTSIDE EDITORSFEBRUARY 24, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINEIf you had told me then that one day we would have 40,000 people at PrideFest, I’d have laughed.
DIVERSITY RICHMOND, VIRGINIA PRIDE TO MERGEPHILIP VAN SLOOTENFEBRUARY 24, 2021WASHINGTON BLADEPaulson told the Blade at the time the earlier building was under consideration that the nonprofit theater company did not have the financial resources to include 100 or more indoor or onsite parking spaces.
REHOBOTH THEATER SUPPORTERS HOPEFUL FOR APPROVAL OF NEW BUILDINGSLOU CHIBBARO JR.FEBRUARY 23, 2021WASHINGTON BLADEIf we want America to fully live up to its ideas, we have to tell an unapologetic interpretation of American history, told from those who were on the ground to experience it.
TYREE BOYD-PATES IN CONVERSATION WITH GEOFFREY CANADA: 'AMERICA'S FUTURE IS PREDICATED ON KNOWING THE FULL HISTORY'GEOFFREY CANADAAUGUST 20, 2020TIMETo tell his story, I would have to revise the story I told about myself.
THE FIGHT OVER MONUMENTS OF CONFEDERATE GENERAL NATHAN BEDFORD FORREST HOLDS A LESSON ABOUT WHITENESS IN AMERICACONNOR TOWNE O’NEILLJULY 13, 2020TIMEWORDS RELATED TO TELL
- adduce
- advance
- allege
- allude to
- appeal to
- enumerate
- evidence
- excerpt
- exemplify
- extract
- get down to brass tacks
- give as example
- illustrate with
- indicate
- instance
- lay
- mention
- name
- number
- offer
- point out
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- recount
- refer to
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- remember
- reminisce
- repeat
- specify
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- tell
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- bar
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- charge
- check
- cite
- compel
- debar
- dictate
- direct
- enact
- enjoin
- exact
- forbid
- force upon
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- give orders
- grant
- impose
- inflict
- inhibit
- instruct
- interdict
- lay down the law
- mark out
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- ordain
- order
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- proclaim
- prohibit
- put foot down
- require
- requisition
- restrain
- rule out
- send for
- set
- subpoena
- summon
- take charge
- take the lead
- task
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- warn
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- carry
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- divulge
- enlighten
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- hint
- impart
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- inform
- interact
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- keep in touch
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- let out
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- network
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- phone
- proclaim
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- publish
- raise
- reach out
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- report
- reveal
- ring up
- signify
- spread
- state
- suggest
- tell
- touch base
- transfer
- transmit
- unfold
- write
- answering
- associating with
- being close to
- being in touch
- being near
- buzzing
- cabling
- chatting
- commune with
- confabulating
- conferring
- conversing
- corresponding
- discoursing
- dropping a line
- dropping a note
- establishing contact
- getting on the horn
- giving a call
- giving a ring
- having confidence of
- hearing from
- reaching
- replying
- talking
- telephoning
- wiring
- writing
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