tell between
Example Sentences
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Emptea was torn, I could tell, between enjoying the food and regretting the decision to dine with me.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2023
People in debt have been swamped with demands via letter, phone and text, leaving them "unable to tell between real bills and scams".
From BBC • Dec. 6, 2022
Spring pollen will soon muddle the picture even more by adding to congestion and sneezes that are difficult to tell between allergies and respiratory contagion.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 7, 2022
“There was something more going on, I could tell, between his ears,” he told me.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 21, 2019
He frequently came up the Angevine-home hill to tell, between his apples, nuts, and glasses of cider, tales of what he, too, knew, to a good listener,—the master of the house.
From James Fenimore Cooper by Phillips, Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth)
