Example sentences for: tells

How can you use “tells” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Even the rabbi frets about them: "They are good people," he tells his son.

  • The museum tells the story of the road to revolution using dozens of memorable photographs.

  • For instance, in its second paragraph the Post tells us, breathlessly, that Clinton officials "have worked on [the rules] for years" (should we pat them on the back for that?)

  • Suppose that someone tells you that, years ago, he made a fundamental discovery that an entire profession, out of sheer narrow-mindedness, refused to listen to and prevented him from publishing.

  • The pale pink stone house is unassuming, but the interior tells of the plight of slaves on the islands and of the positive work that was undertaken in the years following emancipation.


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