tell

Example Sentences

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JR: Six different host nations have won the World Cup before and I would absolutely love to tell you that the U.S. will be the seventh.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Look, if you can’t resist soaking up at least a little of the grandiose spectacle — either despite the awfulness of the larger meta-narrative or because of it — I won’t tell.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026

I guess I take it seriously that I’ve got this opportunity to try and tell stories, and I believe that they matter.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Ten years later, seated in the Oval Office, he would tell Italy’s then prime minister that Pavarotti, who died in 2007, was a “friend of mine, great friend of mine.”

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

However, I also knew that pushing her to tell me never worked.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold