telling

Example Sentences

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“We have to keep telling stories so that all these talented Latino actors have better opportunities than to play stereotypes,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times

"My brother kept telling me that because of my fight, he was paying for something that wasn't his responsibility. And that was a burden."

From BBC

The reaction from the City players at full-time was telling, heads bowed and shoulders slumped in the knowledge that these were two crucial points dropped.

From BBC

Or when they were telling me that my sister and I were being sent away to live with strangers.

From Literature

“I’ve been telling the others,” he said, “that I have been to the Mallons’.”

From Literature