tell the truth
Example Sentences
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Why should litigants and witnesses tell the truth if the judge cannot even tell the truth?
From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026
I could sit with someone new and tell the truth.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
Labour pledged to introduce the legislation - which requires public officials to tell the truth during inquiries and investigations – in its 2024 manifesto.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
“Any fool can tell a lie,” she explained, “but the right method is to tell the truth in such a way that the intelligent reader is seduced into telling the lie for himself.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
To tell the truth, I didn’t exactly understand what the argument was all about.
From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
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