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  • past tense form of tell.
  • past participle of tell.
Definitions

told

[tohld] / toʊld /


ADJECTIVE
explained
Synonyms
STRONG






ADJECTIVE
professed
Synonyms




ADJECTIVE
stated
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST


ADJECTIVE
warned
Synonyms


Example Sentences

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During his trial, Harwe told the court he had been working in a convenience store in Hexthorpe and lived nearby in an attic room with two others.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Juda Agung told AFP the currency was undervalued and the country's economic fundamentals remained strong despite evidence of waning investor confidence.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

“The affluent traveler can afford to travel to the E.U., but larger groups and families are gravitating domestically to manage expenses,” Entwistle told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

Madilynne Machovsky, a 19-year-old from Tennessee, told me she’d been working with college classmates to fight a data center planned for near the Nashville Zoo.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

She is also told to provide information about their vehicles—How many pass by?

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly




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