telling in a sentence

Use “telling” in a sentence | “telling” example sentences

101- He sent a telegram to my mother telling her to get ready and pack.

102- He took malicious pleasure in telling me what she had said.

103- He tried to lighten the atmosphere by telling a joke.

104- He was sitting amongst a group of children, telling them a story.

105- Her intuition was telling her that something was wrong.

106- Herbert sat quietly through the telling of this saga.

107- How a man shaves may be a telling clue to his age.

108- I absolutely advocate telling a self-deprecating joke.

109- I am telling you this simply for your edification.

110- I declined and thanked her telling her scoot off to school.

111- I didn’t want to agitate her by telling her.

112- I had a hunch that she was not telling the truth.

113- I have a sneaking suspicion that she’s not telling the truth.

114- I have a suspicion that she is not telling me the truth.

115- I heard David yelling and telling them to get back.

116- I must begin by telling you about the factory itself.

117- I stopped short of telling him the brutal truth, but only just.

118- I thought you’d be amused, me telling lies to bolster up morale.

119- I tried to find a tactful way of telling her the truth.

120- I wouldn’t have any compunction about telling him to leave.

121- I’m a firm believer in always telling the truth.

122- I’ve been telling you that all along.

123- Impatiently he cut short what I was telling him.

124- It got a bit spooky when James started telling ghost stories.

125- It’s pointless telling her to clean her room – she’ll never do it.

126- My brother always delights in telling me when I make a mistake.

127- Saunders is deliberately telling a falsehood.

128- She couldn’t decide whether he was telling the truth or not.

129- She kept telling us about her operation, in the most graphic detail.

130- She made no bones about telling her husband she wanted a divorce.

131- She made no bones about telling him exactly what she thought of him.

132- She was bamboozled into telling them her credit card number.

133- Sleeplessness was telling on her health.

134- Some people go about telling untrue stories.

135- Someone’s been telling tales about me, haven’t they?

136- Story – telling is a folk art much loved by the Chinese.

137- The Budget does expose the lies ministers were telling a year ago.

138- The president’s handlers are telling him to pull out of the talks.

139- The thief intimidated my old lady into not telling the police.

140- The thief intimidated the boy into not telling the police.

141- The tomb stands today as a telling memorial to the period.

142- The victim made no bones about telling the public the truth.

143- There is no telling what he will think up next.

144- There was a sign telling motorists to slow down.

145- There’d be no telling how John would react to such news as this.

146- There’s no telling how long the talks could drag on.

147- There’s no telling how they’ll react.

148- There’s no telling what he’ll think up next.

149- There’s no telling who is going to show up tonight.

150- They share the limelight by telling stories about grapheme actors.

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