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told

[tohld] / toʊld /


ADJECTIVE
explained
Synonyms
STRONG






ADJECTIVE
professed
Synonyms




ADJECTIVE
stated
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST


ADJECTIVE
warned
Synonyms


Example Sentences

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“Let me just tell you that in three years and three months, it is difficult to change what has been a practice for over four decades,” Bass told the group.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

He told me about a recent meal that he and a friend had shared with a family from Colombia.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

“They tell me they don’t have time,” she told me, “but they have time for things they want to do. And I knew they would be excited about this.”

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

Overall, 78% of the disappeared are men between the ages of 30 and 59, Marcela Figueroa, a Mexican security official, told reporters.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

“I already told you, that’s just a stupid song! Nothing like that lives in these woods!”

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman