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.
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151. I wouldn't have any compunction about telling him to leave.
152. While telling the story he worked in a few jokes to make his listeners laugh.
153. The president's handlers are telling him to pull out of the talks.
154. Finally telling the truth was a great weight off my shoulders.
155. I didn't think he would go out without telling me - I expected better of him.
156. One Saturday morning, without telling anyone of my plan, I boarded a bus and headed out.
157. Would you mind telling me what you were doing on the afternoon of Friday the 13th of March?
158. The thief intimidated my old lady into not telling the police.
159. He came out only slightly tainted by telling millions of viewers he and his wife had had marital problems.
160. Are you telling me that these symptoms are just a figment of my imagination?
161. She had no reason to suspect that Sylvia had not been telling the truth.
162. By telling people about her accident, she personalizes the numbing figure of road accidents that happen every year.
163. Sheila's very fond of telling other people what to do.
164. The unenviable task of telling my parents fell to the head teacher.
165. I don't think he's telling us the full story .
166. I choked Katherine off by telling her it was too cold to go out.
167. He displayed a disarming honesty by telling them about his father's bankruptcy.
168. Chuck would lecture me, telling me to get a haircut.sentence dictionary
169. Well, I never! Fancy getting married and not telling us!
170. You needn't bother telling us how recycling helps the environment, because you're preaching to the converted.
171. It was blatantly obvious that she was telling a lie.
172. Pressed beyond the limits of forbearance, our army fought back resolutely and dealt telling blows to the enemy.
173. What was I talking about - oh yes, I was telling you what happened at the party.
174. Although he didn't score a goal, Zola made a telling contribution to the game.
175. Quite unprompted, Sam started telling us exactly what had happened that night.
176. I keep telling him to cut his hair but he takes no notice.
177. Neither of them is telling the whole truth. Invariably, they keep something back.
178. You're not telling me he offered to lend you the money out of the goodness of his heart?
179. Surely you're not telling me, in all seriousness, that you want to work in a factory for the rest of your life!
180. He's always trying to curry favour with the director by telling her how talented she is.
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