telling

Example Sentences

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"Ed just said: Stuff this, I'm telling the truth."

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

His customers kept telling him that what they actually wanted was the software, and what saved Apple in the end was not the machine but the operating system inside it.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

An 11-count indictment alleges the nonprofit committed financial crimes by telling donors their money was being put toward dismantling hate groups when instead it sometimes furthered their interests.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

“He really changed my life, not by trying to change me but by asking if the story I seemed to be telling was the story I wanted to tell,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

I couldn’t stop myself from crying while Mr. Feeney was saying all this, amazed at what he was telling me.

From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott