tell the meaning of
Example Sentences
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No great spokesman arose in the U. S. to tell the meaning of this contest.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Newspapers must tell the meaning of the news .
From Time Magazine Archive
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Can you tell the meaning of that cry?”
From The Rifle Rangers by Reid, Mayne
It was not an old face, but it was deeply lined, and those who knew and loved him best could tell the meaning of each of those eloquent tracings.
From About Peggy Saville by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.
He must be able to tell the meaning of a distant object or an indistinct trail, for his enemies may have passed that way recently.
From The Western United States A Geographical Reader by Fairbanks, Harold W. (Harold Wellman)