Synonym: apprisal, cogent, impressive, notification, recounting, relation, revealing, singing, tattle, telltale, weighty. Similar words: fortune telling, selling, yelling, smelling, swelling, spelling, dwelling, labelling. Meaning: ['telɪŋ] 
n. 1. an act of narration 2. informing by words 3. disclosing information or giving evidence about another. adj. 1. disclosing unintentionally 2. powerfully persuasive 3. producing a strong effect.
n. 1. an act of narration 2. informing by words 3. disclosing information or giving evidence about another. adj. 1. disclosing unintentionally 2. powerfully persuasive 3. producing a strong effect. 
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91. His punches to his opponent's body proved especially telling.
92. The teacher told him off for telling stories.
93. He funked telling her the truth.
94. They frightened him into telling them the secret.
95. I soon sussed that she wasn't telling the truth.
96. How do you know she's telling the truth?
97. She knew the child had been telling stories again.
98. I didn't want to agitate her by telling her.
99. He funked telling her he had lost his job.
100. We'll scare her out of telling the police.
101. It got a bit spooky when James started telling ghost stories.
102. Of course I'm telling the truth - you've got such a suspicious mind!
103. I feel bad enough without you constantly telling me how it was all my fault!
104. The commission telegraphed its decision earlier this month by telling an official to prepare the order.
105. I kept telling myself that it was all a terrible mistake.
106. Are you telling me we're going to be hearing the patter of tiny feet?
107. I'm telling you, Sheila[sentencedict.com], I've never seen anything like it in my life.
108. On the face of it,[http://sentencedict.com/telling.html] he seems to be telling the truth though I suspect he's hiding something.
109. Okay, you two, the game's up! Give me the cigarettes - this time I'm telling your parents.
110. Not telling the staff before they read the news in the papers was an error of judgment.
111. I have a suspicion that she is not telling me the truth.
112. She accused the minister of equivocating, claiming that he had deliberately avoided telling the public how bad the problem really was.
113. I had no means of telling him I would be late.
114. The teacher keeps telling the pupils to work harder but her words go in one ear and out the other.
115. The victim made no bones about telling the public the truth.
116. She was jealous of David's progress in the company, so she spiked his guns by telling the boss that David had a drinking problem.
117. The child ought to be punished.You shouldn't let him get away with telling lies!
118. You know that couple I was telling you about the other day? Well, last night I saw a police car in front of their house!
119. May God strike me dead if I'm telling a lie!
120. I'm gonna fix her if she doesn't stop telling lies about me!
More similar words: fortune telling, selling, yelling, smelling, swelling, spelling, dwelling, labelling, compelling, gruelling, grovelling, propelling, travelling, misspelling, best-selling, counselling, channelling, selling point, short selling, artificial intelligence, smelling salts, satellite, intelligent, intelligible, intelligence, intelligently, unintelligible, intelligibility, well-informed, galling.