tell of

verb

told of; telling of; tells of

formal + literary

1

: to be evidence of (something) : to indicate

Her smile told of her good news.

His rough hands tell of a hard life.

2

: to describe (something) : to make the details of (something) known

The article tells of her Arctic journey.

3

: to talk to (someone) about (something)

He told us of his plans to move to the city.

Examples of tell of in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This musical tells of two Black sisters passing as white in 1893 Texas. — David Morgan, CBS News, 27 Sep. 2026

The series produced by Mia Oikanen for Warner Bros Int’l Television Production Finland tells of a shy theater prop master who accidentally becomes a killer while trying to please everyone around her, especially her narcissistic mom. — Annika Pham, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026

His mother, Carmen Teresa Navas, repeatedly sought information about her son but was not told of his fate until more than a year after his detention, and 10 months after his death. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2026

Young people who perhaps weren’t even born on 9/11 need to be told of not only the attacks but also the response to them so that feeling doesn’t fade from the national consciousness, Bonta said. — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for tell of

• above
• foxglove
• hereof
• thereof
• whereof
• dove
• glove
• love
• shove
• hereinabove