tell

Example Sentences

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Don’t tell Jason Zweig, but nobody’s going to feel bad about dipping into a college fund to be there.

From The Wall Street Journal • 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

Those that end up fighting -- through pressure or coercion -- often do not tell their relatives.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

Here, Colman Domingo’s renegade intelligence operative also refuses to tell anyone anything, but all the unspoken beats just feel like plot holes.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

I tell Zora to go ahead and I’ll join her in a minute.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold