telltale

Example Sentences

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Big picture: If there were big trouble brewing for the economy, a telltale sign would be rising jobless claims.

From MarketWatch

In other words, it has none of the telltale signs that companies have typically relied on as they have scoured the West for heat to turn into electrons.

From The Wall Street Journal

Play Under The Rain or Breathe Again and you'll hear a telltale hiss running throughout the tracks.

From BBC

In March of that year, volume nearly tripled for both stocks—a telltale sign of institutional activity.

From The Wall Street Journal

They found that when a phishing pop-up had clear malevolent telltales, like misspellings, the phone and PC users tended to avoid it at similar rates.

From The Wall Street Journal