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How to use tell-tale in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word tell-tale? Here are some examples.

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The only tell-tale sign of the politician was the kurta and achkan but it was easy to envision him in a three-piece suit.
Mrs. Trebond looked weary, but Angel could tell that she was exhilarated by the tell-tale flush on her cheeks.
On June 26, the battalion had moved up and begun to dig in to a new position when the tell-tale sound of an incoming shell was heard.
Pedants pounce on such tell-tale signs that what purports to be an image of Shakespeare is really an idealised image of the biographer himself.
Donovan made a grab for his brother and lifted hist shirt to reveal the tell-tale marking.
This formula, including the tell-tale Latinism inter alios, is repeated in a number of the decisions.
It is generally easy to spot people with chronic insomnia by the tell-tale circles around the eyes.
This is another tell-tale sign for Brussels with regard to the actual state of affairs in Ankara.
The decision was made for me! That tell-tale puff of smoke from the U boat stern signalled the start of his crash dive.
A white coating on our chocolate products is a tell-tale sign that the product has, at some point, come into contact with heat.
Others are combing their plots for little exotic plants of any species, tell-tale signs of an impending invasion.
Then you see the violin case strapped to his back and the tell-tale mark on his neck.
The inhibition of the automatic closing process shall be indicated to the driver, e.g. by a visual tell-tale.
River water begins to putrefy when lack of oxygen promotes the growth of anaerobic bacteria, which produce the tell-tale smell of stale water.
A more tell-tale sign is the septicaemic rash, which starts as a cluster of tiny blood spots resembling pin-pricks in the skin.
Anyone who has been through this annual exercise at the White House would recognize the tell-tale signs.
Chocolate bloom is the tell-tale sign that chocolate has not been stored correctly.
Slight movements of hands or feet among the audience are tell-tale signs that the listeners' attention has been lost.
The findings follow a number of high-profile cases in which children died after tell-tale danger signs had gone unheeded.
It was hardly needful for Katy to answer with her lips a question to which her tell-tale cheeks had made instant reply.
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Examples from Classical Literature
That would account for the absence of any tell-tale marks on the bed-clothes.
Only by self-violence could she keep her glance from rising, tell-tale, to the boards above.
Eileen sighed and turned her head away to hide a tell-tale tear.
No, especially if we have a tell-tale in the cave and disconnect the broken wire.
He grumbles out when things don't go to suit him, and there'll be always some tell-tale carryin' word iv it aft to the Wolf.
There was a tell-tale pause while the wheels in her mind whirred.
The cabin-compass is called the tell-tale, because without going to the compass at the helm, the Captain, while below, can inform himself of the course of the ship.
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