telltale

Example Sentences

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But there are some telltale signs - if you know where to look.

From BBC

“We see the telltale sign of a bubble as gear that has been ordered or shipped for which there is no operational or economic value,” wrote Truist Securities analyst William Stein in a research note.

From Barron's

“There were no telltale signs of infection of any kind. And we did do a lot of testing for viruses, bacteria, toxins, and there was nothing significant.”

From Los Angeles Times

These telltale signs used to be more intermittent, but his apparent dementia is progressing at an accelerating rate, as is normal for the illness.

From Salon

In 2002, a crew of paleoanthropologists were working in northwestern Ethiopia when they came across chipped stones and fossilized animal bones — telltale signs of a place where ancient people had once lived.

From New York Times