telling

Example Sentences

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Beijing is “telling domestic audiences: ‘Our culture is strong, our creators can compete with Disney and Marvel, and the party is the guardian of this rise,’” said Yuan, the NYU scholar.

From The Wall Street Journal

But O'Donnell persisted, offering to run fundraisers for the village and telling the board that the broader community will want to help.

From BBC

Pitt wanted to be dropped back at the van he had come in, she added, telling the court she refused to take him.

From BBC

Her jealousy is delicious when Skarsgård’s strapping wooden groom makes the other men look small, telling Colman that she’s “the reason I live and breathe.”

From Los Angeles Times

The performance left her in tears, with her coach Eteri Tutberidze later telling her on live television: "Why did you let everything go like that?"

From Barron's