Sentence examples for a tell for from inspiring English sources

Thousands of years from now, the Puente Hills landfill, buffered, insulated, wrapped in layers of clay and polyethylene, and more secure against earthquakes, winds and floods than any other structure in California, may serve a similar archaeological purpose, a tell for future researchers hoping to puzzle out our lifestyle, choices and beliefs.

I want to ask her about her own memories of the dress, but she starts to uncross and recross her legs, an impatient gesture I have identified as a "tell" for not-interested-let's-move-on, and then she starts firing questions at me instead; how old am I? Do I have children?

Another potential tip-off: The URL of the story contains date information, a common tell for the Web-savvy about the true publication time of online material.

You will have a story to tell for a lifetime and historians will write about what you do.

"It was a story I wanted to tell for a long time". .

But there is a story to tell for the staff conscripted to star in the ads.

"These people finally have a story to tell for the first time, news to share that keeps changing.

Time will tell for the A's.

The barmaid shakes her head, still miffed he saved his big tell for a stranger.

Inside I know this is a story I'll tell for the rest of my life.

The passengers in Albert's jeep have gained a story that they'll tell for the rest of their lives.