tell

Example Sentences

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“But I am going to tell him: If we’re losing, or if we lose, maybe just don’t say anything,” Davis said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

“I can tell you, having done it for four years, that’s an order of magnitude more difficult.”

From MarketWatch • Jun. 12, 2026

If he were to fail, Zubrin said, it'd be because "he had succeeded in everything he had done before, and so no one could tell him that he was wrong."

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

When that happens, rather than tell her friends how she feels, she scrabbles around for extra money.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

I tell her who I’m looking for and she assures me I’m in the right place and that Ford Stokes is one of the volunteers here.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold