How do you use Tell in a sentence? See 20 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like inform or express, plus the exact meaning.

Common word

Tell in a sentence

Tell | Telling | Tells | Teller | Telly | Telluride | Telltale | Tellers | Tellingly

Tell meaning

  1. Mental senses related to determining, reckoning, or perceiving
  2. To determine the number, amount, or value of [something].

Synonyms of Tell

inform say tell apart narrate tell off give tongue to utter verbalise verbalize express state bowman archer william tell recount

Tell in Dutch

Example sentences (20)

You’re going in to the tell the story, you’re going in to tell them everything you know and then you’re going home.

Politicians wouldn’t tell doctors how to treat their patients so how can they tell teachers how they should teach?

They need to know the grammar to tell a story and they need to tell it effectively and in a short period of time.

As a gay guy myself, I can tell you that just existing can be enough for some people to tell you to tone it down.

Of course, what they tell you to do doesn’t work so they tell you to go get help while they watch over your card.

Shaffer asked which officers, and again Nelson would not tell him, nor would she tell Shaffer any specific incidences.

Our objective was to tell the families what happened and one of the things we haven’t been able to do is tell them why.

The guys we were assigned to each had a story to tell, and many of them leaned on Jeff and me to tell their stories too.

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But the only way to solve this is to genuinely diversify who is able to tell stories and who is letting them tell stories.

My advice is know your audience by interacting with them, and then tell the stories that your heart demands that you tell.

The film doesn’t tell us anything about friendship that didn’t tell us, but it has enough laughs to earn it some goodwill.

If Chase wants to tell Willow Corinthos (Katelyn MacMullen) the truth, then he should tell her the truth.

It may tell you to speed up your transition, or it may tell you to wait longer before making the switch.

My 15-year-old stepson told his dad that he doesn’t want me to tell him what to do—he would rather his dad tell him what to do.

Other patients encourage him to tell his story, like Tevin (Matthew Maher) who shouts that he needs to tell his story on camera.

The partisan game of budget show-and-tell, or don’t-show-and-don’t tell, heated up at the state Capitol once again on Wednesday.

It’s not business of Army to tell politicians what we should do, just as it’s not our business to tell you how to fight a war pic.

I couldn’t tell you much about what was in most books I read last month but I can tell you every character in Howl’s Moving Castle.

He was about to tell him something important to tell his brother when Saline de la Renta and Pentagon Jr. walked around the corner.

I had a girlfriend who was in a management role tell me, you have to tell your boss what you want.

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These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:

Common combinations with tell

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • to tell 109×
  • tell you 65×
  • tell me 28×
  • tell the 25×
  • tell them 22×
  • can tell 22×
  • tell us 19×
  • tell him 16×
  • and tell 13×
  • will tell 11×

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "tell" in a sentence?
An example: "You’re going in to the tell the story, you’re going in to tell them everything you know and then you’re going home." This page contains 20 example sentences with the word "tell" from real English texts.
What does "tell" mean?
Tell means: Mental senses related to determining, reckoning, or perceiving
What are synonyms of "tell"?
Common synonyms of "tell" include: inform, say, tell apart, narrate, tell off, give tongue to, utter, verbalise. Plus 7 more synonyms.
What is "tell" in Dutch?
"tell" translates to Dutch as: vertellen, zeggen.
How many example sentences with "tell" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 20 example sentences with "tell", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.

About these examples

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