How to Use tell on in a Sentence

tell on

phrasal verb
Definition of tell onnext
  • Are there more Barbie stories to be told on the big screen?
    — Allison Adato, Peoplemag, 13 July 2023
  • There’s a good level of humor in some of the stories told on Maps.
    — Anthony Malone, Rolling Stone, 3 May 2023
  • Officials say a tree tell on the car of a person stopped at a red light along Main St. and 9th Ave.
    — Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 4 Apr. 2024
  • McCarthy was told on the headset that the quarterback was done for the year with a fracture in his knee joint.
    — David Moore, Dallas News, 13 Sep. 2023
  • So the story that Jason is going to tell on the stand, does the prosecution have any idea?
    — Maureen Maher, CBS News, 23 June 2018
  • And, standing behind the red-and-white front desk, Iran Chima at first told the small woman the exact same thing she had been told on the phone.
    — Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 2 Feb. 2024
  • The tachometer is dead center, a tell on the 911's priorities.
    — Jeffrey G. Russell, Car and Driver, 28 July 2023
  • In all fairness, Richard Gadd (very honestly) put all of the story that there was to tell on screen for us already and tied up all of the loose ends along the way.
    — Laura Hampson, Glamour, 6 May 2024
  • Golda Meir in popular culture Meir's story has been told on stage and screen many times.
    — Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2023
  • McAfee jumped in about snapping headsets, a reference to a story Saban told on air the day before.
    — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 9 Sep. 2023
  • The 2024 presidential election will be a story told on TV.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2024
  • One afternoon, George spoke with Sheldon, chiding him for telling on his classmates.
    — Jp Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 14 May 2024
  • Their history and that of their descendants is now part of the story that Oatlands tells on its tours and in its literature.
    — Joe Heim, Washington Post, 10 May 2023
  • Hard to tell on each one because the video has quick clips and sped up, but Wainright has a tattoo on his arm that looked familiar in the video and Eubanks has sported a box haircut.
    — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 5 Sep. 2023
  • The candid remarks, told on his podcast to friend and actress Amy Yasbeck, marks the first time Kmetko has opened up fully about his departure from the E! network.
    — Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Some said they were given no prior information on how much they would be paid hourly, although others said they were told on their first day that they would be paid $19 an hour.
    — Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2023
  • Time will tell on both counts in a season that includes a whopping 10 new offensive coordinators among the 14 SEC teams.
    — John Zenor, Dallas News, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Casiano’s testimony was just one of the heartbreaking stories told on Wednesday.
    — Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 19 July 2023
  • Jim Mark, head of the Melvin Mark Cos. real estate development and management firm, said he was told on a recent tour of the building that 25% of the units had been tentatively sold.
    — oregonlive, 10 June 2023
  • If an elderly person comes in and over the course of several months extracts thousands of dollars in cash to convert to gift cards to send to scammers, the true teller is supposed to, well, tell on them.
    — Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 17 July 2023
  • Her videos have become the latest long-form story told on social media that has resonated with people online.
    — Daysia Tolentino, NBC News, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Sometimes, students would tell on other classmates who were heard speaking Spanish, Nájera said.
    — Alejandra Molina, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2023
  • One version of our story is finally getting told on one of the biggest stages available to us as Vietnamese refugees, Vietnamese Americans, Vietnamese people.
    — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2024
  • The employee said they were told on a group meeting that the layoffs were not related to performance, but a broader company reorganization.
    — Byjessica Mathews, Fortune, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Corporations — entities that have long capitalized on social causes to chase profit — seem to be telling on themselves with an apparent pullback on Pride Month marketing this year.
    — Li Zhou, Vox, 20 June 2024

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