Below you will find example sentences with "telling reporters". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Telling Reporters in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: reporters
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 7
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 29.7 words

Words in this phrase

telling reporters

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • telling can mean: present participle and gerund of tell Frequent word
  • reporters can mean: plural of reporter Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 2 start, 17 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

criticized kishida telling reporters the prime 1× february 15 telling reporters shamelessly how 1× flight and telling reporters it was 1× have been telling reporters he had 1× jeremiah was telling reporters friday 1× largest city telling reporters he hopes 1× ministers meeting telling reporters that november 1× ministry official telling reporters that the 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a game of 1× akira koike head 1× albanese said he 1× contreras has known 1× despite the corruption 1× dozens of chinese 1×

Common sentence endings:

a long time 1× a pragmatic way 1× already something important 1× before the summer 1× by challenging him 1× everyone was safe 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

home 5× head 3× two 3× game 2× party 2× minister 2× cheng 2× lei 2× former 2× recent 2× affairs 2× despite 2×

Related phrases

told reporters

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around reporters:

told reporters 20×

Just before it in the phrase index:

tell stories television stations television shows television series television personality telephoto camera

Just after it in the phrase index:

tempe arizona temperature increases temperatures ranging temple building temple mount temporarily closed

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same ending:

told reporters

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "telling reporters" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 29.7 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as criticized kishida telling reporters the prime, february 15 telling reporters shamelessly how, home, head and two stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with told reporters and told reporters, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with telling reporters

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Telling reporters not to investigate Democratic candidates is like telling fish not to leave the ocean. (16 words)

He drew backlash last year after telling reporters in 2021 he had been “immunized” against Covid. (16 words)

Get my son home,” Claudine Gates is shown on video telling reporters visiting her home in Wisconsin in July. (19 words)

Longer example sentences

Despite the corruption case, Adams said he does not plan to resign from his job running the country's largest city, telling reporters he hopes New Yorkers will wait to hear his legal team's defense before making any judgments. (40 words)

Mr Sunak has pinned the success of the scheme on the Bill passing Parliament, telling reporters last Wednesday: 'First of all, we need to get it through Parliament where the Labour Party has been blocking it for a long time. (40 words)

Seattle Seahawks star safety Jamal Adams was notably absent from the team’s thrilling victory over the Philadelphia Eagles, with head coach Pete Carroll telling reporters he was likely at home, according to Seattle News Tribune’s Gregg Bell. (39 words)

Example sentences (20)

Telling reporters not to investigate Democratic candidates is like telling fish not to leave the ocean.

A game of “guess his weight” — dipping as low as 180 pounds — has played out among NFL evaluators, Daniel Jeremiah was telling reporters Friday.

Akira Koike, head of the secretariat of the Japanese Communist Party, also criticized Kishida, telling reporters, "The prime minister's responsibility for delaying this far is significant.

Albanese said he raised human rights cases in his talks, including two detained Australian journalists, Cheng Lei and Yang Hengjun, telling reporters he had said Australians "want to see Cheng Lei reunited with her children".

Contreras has known for some time that things weren’t going as well in St. Louis as they could have been, telling reporters he had talked to former Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina about the situation in recent days.

Former Indigenous affairs minister Ken Wyatt also spoke out earlier this week, telling reporters that despite the rejection of a constitutional Voice, closing the gap should be tackled in a “pragmatic” way.

Get my son home,” Claudine Gates is shown on video telling reporters visiting her home in Wisconsin in July.

He drew backlash last year after telling reporters in 2021 he had been “immunized” against Covid.

Advertentie

It follows a Home Office source telling reporters, at the time of Ms Braverman’s recent trip to Rwanda, that “we are certainly working towards getting the flights off before the summer”.

Seattle Seahawks star safety Jamal Adams was notably absent from the team’s thrilling victory over the Philadelphia Eagles, with head coach Pete Carroll telling reporters he was likely at home, according to Seattle News Tribune’s Gregg Bell.

Spalletti, however, believes Napoli should head into the game feeling optimistic, and not under pressure, telling reporters at his pre-match press conference: “Being in the Champions League at this point is already something important.

Tokyo also confirmed the missile launches, with a defence ministry official telling reporters that the two missiles had landed in waters within Japan’s exclusive economic zone.

Trump sought to diminish DeSantis during the trip, telling reporters on his plane that the Florida governor would be “very disloyal” by challenging him.

Despite the corruption case, Adams said he does not plan to resign from his job running the country's largest city, telling reporters he hopes New Yorkers will wait to hear his legal team's defense before making any judgments.

Dozens of Chinese migrants were spotted lined up at the California border town of Jacumba on February 15, telling reporters shamelessly how they're here to 'take the money'.

Fire officials didn't give a precise number of people evacuated, telling reporters that crews visited all the buildings affected and ensured everyone was safe.

Mr Sunak has pinned the success of the scheme on the Bill passing Parliament, telling reporters last Wednesday: 'First of all, we need to get it through Parliament where the Labour Party has been blocking it for a long time.

State TV showed Putin clambering down a ladder from the plane after the flight and telling reporters it was a reliable and modernised aircraft that could be accepted by the Russian Air Force.

Ylva Johansson, European commissioner for home affairs, announced the latest delay at the end of an EU interior ministers meeting, telling reporters that November 10 "is no longer on the table".

Haji and Kinoti dismissed reports of a strained working relationship as wishful thinking during a media briefing on Thursday, the two telling reporters they were focused on delivering their respective mandates.

Advertentie