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Tells in a sentence
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Tells meaning
third-person singular simple present indicative of tell
Example types with tells
Below, the same example sentences are grouped by length and sentence type:
It tells you where your ancestors came from and tells you who they were. (14 words)
He tells Brandon he has the Soka cage idol, then tells Jaime he has a fake one. (17 words)
As an introduction to the following list, basic tells are much more common and stereotyped than advanced tells. (18 words)
Cody tells Aldis to hold up, he knows what happens when he gets angry, he’s doing a great job, they put us all on the spot here and tells him to let them have the ring and he’ll bring the paperwork by the office when he’s done. (50 words)
He tells me he has, and uses it once a week or so; he tells me someone in South Africa helped him find a tin of soup and someone in New York read him the cooking instructions on a pie. (40 words)
The nurse tells them that their mother had been talking to an invisible someone, possibly a wicked creature; the priest tells them that their mother and their father had come to him for spiritual help when they needed it. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
Cathy tells the story backward, from the breakup to the start of their relationship, while Jamie tells it from start to finish.
He tells Brandon he has the Soka cage idol, then tells Jaime he has a fake one.
He tells Izzy that he’s learned a lot from this blindside, and he wants mercy: “Whoever saves me, if there is saving to be had, I can let bygones be bygones,” he tells her.
She also tells them that the power plant capable of creating it is on the island, so she tells them to keep their hands off of her and her lab.
Cody tells Aldis to hold up, he knows what happens when he gets angry, he’s doing a great job, they put us all on the spot here and tells him to let them have the ring and he’ll bring the paperwork by the office when he’s done.
Magazine that tells the story of a 40something writer and the mental breakdown that leads her to want to divorce her husband tells the entire story of 21st century elite and pop culture singlehandedly.
When Keisha tells Cam about her history of self sabotage, and then again in this finale, when Cam tells Keisha he was afraid to talk about their futures if they weren’t together.
As an introduction to the following list, basic tells are much more common and stereotyped than advanced tells.
But Ben, who tells Vanya that he’s overstayed his time on earth through Klaus, tells Vanya that he must officially leave now as he evaporates away.
In this issue, Lex tells Batman about kryptonite and tells him that they need to be on the defensive if Superman turns on Earth.
The nurse tells them that their mother had been talking to an invisible someone, possibly a wicked creature; the priest tells them that their mother and their father had come to him for spiritual help when they needed it.
This tells us the utility is simply not staffed up to handle storms; it tells us the profitability of the company is based on carrying staff insufficient to handle any significant weather incident.
Borough Council President Paul Ruane tells us council vice president Paul Boyer died Saturday evening, he was 69. Ruane tells us Boyer had been undergoing chemotherapy and radiation for cancer.
He tells me he has, and uses it once a week or so; he tells me someone in South Africa helped him find a tin of soup and someone in New York read him the cooking instructions on a pie.
It tells you where your ancestors came from and tells you who they were.
Wade tells the camera about the resentment he’s built up towards her; his wife, tells the camera that she wouldn’t allow her mother-in-law into their house for months after Wade first admitted to the abuse.
Erin tells Martin to leave, he wants his weapon that Anthony took from him, but he won’t give it back here, he tells him to meet at his office tomorrow.
Otis gets back to the station and tells Gerry what Severide did, tells him It was a great save.
Severide tells Casey and Boden what Grissom said, Boden tells him to keep his head down and fix his relationship to Grissom.
At first, Stoneman is happy when Lynch tells him he wants to marry a white woman, but is then angered when Lynch tells him that it is Stoneman's daughter.
Common combinations with tells
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- tells the 46×
- tells us 25×
- he tells 15×
- and tells 15×
- tells him 15×
- tells her 14×
- tells me 14×
- tells you 12×
- tells them 11×
- she tells 9×