tell the meaning of
Example Sentences
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Newspapers must tell the meaning of the news .
From Time Magazine Archive
No great spokesman arose in the U. S. to tell the meaning of this contest.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the first place we cannot tell the meaning of the word "cause" when applied to a problem of this sort.
From Crime: Its Cause and Treatment by Darrow, Clarence
The poor dull devils of her country are all in the practice of gratitude, without finding out what it means; while we can tell the meaning of it, with little or no practice at all.—Lord,
From Inkle and Yarico An opera, in three acts by Colman, George
I couldn't tell the meaning of it; I only felt that I loathed the whole business and wanted to wash my hands of it.
From The American by James, Henry
