telling
Example Sentences
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Xi has tried to address the problem by telling officials that honest mistakes can be tolerated and strict discipline shouldn’t sap their can-do spirit.
Writing in the Daily Telegraph, she said: "Ours is still one of the most successful, resilient and influential countries on Earth," adding that telling voters their "country is finished" only "drags them down".
From BBC
In taking an interest in their lives, he had made them feel like they mattered—and this was their way of telling him how much he mattered to them, too.
This can be interpreted in two ways, I suppose, just like the word “partner” can mean two things depending on who’s saying it, but from my perspective, it’s very telling.
From Salon
One can, apparently, create an artificial market by telling the truth.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
