told

Example Sentences

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If his instincts told him to step back, trust them.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026

"How much time can you leave to wait in a queue and be told to wait?"

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

My cousin Qiaolian once told me about the day she first met me: I was a malnourished, dusty and snotty infant, not even a full year old, wrapped in a dirty blanket and kept hidden.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

As soon as she told me the crib was built by a brother I said, “Yo, is this some Black postmodernist architecture?”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

So much so that she didn’t even need to be told much else, but he told her anyway.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith