telling

Example Sentences

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Yet here I am telling you about it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Later, I asked Wille if she had noticed the man who kept telling strangers he was ugly.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

Iraq meanwhile began telling customers to start sending their oil-loading plans after it said it received Iranian permission to use the strait, according to Reuters and Bloomberg reports.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

“He said, ‘Ruben, I’m telling you, this is the one,’” Islas said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

It seemed to me, as I was listening to Lizzie, that she was living every moment of the story again in her head, even as she was telling it.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo