tell

Example Sentences

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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

It does not tell us exactly how many people claimed asylum in Northern Ireland after arriving from elsewhere in the CTA.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

What I can tell you for sure is that on Thursday, it will also have a 20-foot inflatable World Cup.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Father Torralba encouraged Joey to tell Marie Dachauer all about Tala, and that’s just what Joey does.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly