tells

Example Sentences

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The one here involves the eight pits that were unearthed 40 years ago by workers in Sanxingdui in southern China “at the foot of the Tibetan mountains,” as narrator Jay O. Sanders tells us.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

The number of VAR interventions only tells part of the story.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

How much Americans spend, and what they buy, tells us more about the health of the economy than how people say they feel about it, analysts note.

From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026

There is a comic-book precedent for this version of the character, called simply the Spider, though research tells me that, costume and superpowers aside, he is different in nearly every respect.

From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2026

When she inhales, a whistling noise tells me her asthma is acting up.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila