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How to use the word telltale in a Sentence?

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Didn't they know what this kid was up to? all the telltale signs were there.

Bill Bennett

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

The telltale sign is the pile of spoil in front of the tunnel. That's rock from inside the mountain as they dig the new tunnel.

Jeffery Lewis

Found on CNN
2 years ago

That will be a telltale sign for them to say' Why am I on the fence any longer ? This has now been fully approved by the FDA,' and even though it's got a great record already, that will I think be another stamp of approval.

Andy Slavitt

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The most telltale sign that a tornado could be forming, when you are looking at a close-range severe thunderstorm, is the' wall cloud,'.

Brandon Miller

Found on CNN
3 years ago

You can personally Google Nolan and find him playing Wiffle Ball, and when big league players are playing Wiffle Ball, that just means they love the game, right? And so that’s a telltale. And then when I talk to other players about Nolan and what impresses them about him, they always came back to how hard he worked, desire to learn, high baseball IQ.

John Mozeliak

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

That's going to be the telltale for us, is what happens in about six to nine months.

Andrew Stephenson

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

It’s so scary to think that moms like me have been ‘photoshopping’ out that telltale sign of what can be such a devastating disease.

Nadine Clair

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

With those larger telescopes, we’ll be able to look for telltale signs in the atmospheres of those planets that might tell us what the planets are made of, and perhaps even whether they have the kinds of gases in their atmospheres that, on Earth, are an indication of life.

Paul Hertz of NASA

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Rodents feel safe in corners and will either defecate or urinate in places they feel safe, these are telltale signs that mice aren’t quite an 'isolated incident.'.

Deborah Nagin

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

When people who love you are concerned about you, typically that is a telltale sign that there needs to be at least an evaluation.

Joseph Garbely

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

In other words, he had the telltale signs of a Ponzi scheme.

Michael Ferrara

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

This checklist of 10 reasons your internal thermostat is out of whack can help you get a handle on why you're chronically freezing your butt off. You're too thin Low body weight — defined as a BMI hovering around 18.5 or under — can chill you out for a couple of reasons. First, when you're underweight, you lack an adequate level of body fat to insulate you from cold temperatures, explained Maggie Moon, RD, a Los Angeles – based nutritionist. The other thing is, to maintain that low BMI, you have to reduce your food intake so you likely aren't eating very much at all. Skimping on calories puts the brakes on your metabolism, so you don't create enough body heat. Consider putting on a few pounds by loading up on whole, healthy foods that contain lots of protein, fat, and complex carbohydrates. RELATED : Subtle Signs of Eating Disorders Your Thyroid is out of whack Add cold intolerance to the long list of health issues you can blame on the butterfly-shaped gland in your neck. Always being cold is a telltale sign of hypothyroidism, which means Your Thyroid doesn't secrete enough thyroid hormone.

Holly Phillips

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

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