tells
Example Sentences
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The videos of Tisa Tells, a Black news YouTuber who livestreams daily rundowns of the trial, come off as heightened and chaotic.
From Slate • Jun. 10, 2025
In his solo “Until the Lion Tells the Story…,” the dancer and choreographer Lacina Coulibaly is the only observable person onstage, a riveting presence in quiet command of the space.
From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2024
Tells you everything about football operations at the club.
From BBC • Nov. 1, 2023
Tells her to read it and to let her know what she thinks.
From Scientific American • Oct. 26, 2023
Mama Tells me to turn It over, and when I do, carefully, It’s blistered brown.
From "Neighborhood Odes" by Gary Soto
