telltale sign

Example Sentences

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“The decent gains in this category are, in my view, a telltale sign that the consumer feels OK.”

From MarketWatch • May 16, 2026

Another telltale sign: people who suddenly become voluble online.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

We’ve got a lot of foreign policy this week, a telltale sign that the foreign policy ain’t going great.

From Slate • Jan. 17, 2026

“We see the telltale sign of a bubble as gear that has been ordered or shipped for which there is no operational or economic value,” wrote Truist Securities analyst William Stein in a research note.

From Barron's • Nov. 21, 2025

They stepped more carefully when they made it to the area Mark had indicated, and soon they were back at it, searching every square inch for a telltale sign of a trail.

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner