tell tales
Example Sentences
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So he decides to keep appearing in clubs to tell tales of his relationship woes, lacing the commentary with rueful remarks that are vaguely comic, though nothing he says is actually funny.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025
As was the case with Celsius, a crypto exchange that went bust in 2022, the FTX customer statements tell tales of grievous loss and emotional torment.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2024
TikTok, Twitter, Reddit and other sites tell tales of similar woes.
From Washington Post • Dec. 8, 2022
At least the ones in “Misdemeanor Dream,” who tell tales in English and Native languages, but also via movement and dance, of the births of constellations, the celestial romance that begets all sentient life.
From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2022
It is my suspicion that he is too sensible of how words desert him to tell tales in company; but I wish ardently that he should speak freely.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
