- present tense form of tell (3rd person singular).
tells
Example Sentences
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Rayner tells the paper the plan would "hit" foreign care workers who had "moved their lives here to look after our loved ones".
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
“Oh, it’s in the fridge in the gym. In a foil. And there’s chicken in the fridge. Love you too,” MacLachlan tells his son.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
But as NBC leader Jeff Zucker, gleefully played here by the man himself, tells Chris: “America loves it!”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
“Black learning spaces have always been seen as dangerous,” she tells her students, “not just because of what students do, but because of who you might become.”
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026
She rallies the other patients and tells them that they don’t deserve to be treated this way.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
