telling

Example Sentences

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Basically people are telling me, “Don’t eat the vegetables. Don’t eat the vegetables.”

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

Eastern Time on Tuesday — telling one reporter that “very little” would be off the table if Tehran doesn’t capitulate.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

Aunt Tess looks like she wants to say something more to me, but I can’t stand the idea of lectures, or of someone else telling me how I should or shouldn’t feel about France.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse