telling

Example Sentences

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And from around 2007, England's criminal justice agencies should have started to realise he was telling the truth.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

In Mr. Haskell’s telling, flowers are both pretty and tough, both survival artists and beneficiaries of multispecies collaboration.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Per the BBC, oil and gas tanker companies aren’t rushing to run through the strait, telling the broadcaster that the news “doesn’t change anything.”

From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026

It would simply be a copy, made to make money instead of telling a story.

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026

It’s not your uniform, I try telling myself as I step into the garment.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse