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
How are they to tell between the true love and the false?”
From Berenice by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
