How to Use tell-all in a Sentence
tell-all
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What did Capote write about the Swans in his tell-all book?
—Haley Van Horn, Peoplemag, 31 Jan. 2024
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Whose new tell-alls will the stories be ripped from the pages of this time?
—Sam Hurwitt, The Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2024
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Now, in her own words, here is what stood out from Spears’s tell-all.
—Vulture, 24 Oct. 2023
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Hulu gave a hint that’s promising for the series’ first tell-all episode.
—Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 20 May 2025
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The story could be a chapter in an industry tell-all book.
—Marcus K. Dowling, USA TODAY, 26 Jan. 2024
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For some months now, there have been claims that Porter wrote a tell-all book before her tragic passing.
—Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 25 Sep. 2024
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The clue is right there in the title: sold as a brutally honest tell-all, the book is a crafty performance.
—Nick Bowlin, Harper's Magazine, 24 Mar. 2024
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The clue is right there in the title: sold as a brutally honest tell-all, the book is a crafty performance.
—Elizabeth Barber, Harper's Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
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There's no set release date, but the book will be a tell-all about her sobriety journey.
—Emily Shiffer, Women's Health, 6 July 2023
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So was Michael Gross, whose new tell-all will be about St. Barts and the stars and billionaires who frequent its beaches.
—Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 4 May 2025
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And your best people leave—not always with a scandal or a tell-all blog post, but in quiet protest.
—Ann Kowal Smith, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
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Those perceptions have changed and there’s no hint of a tell-all memoir or Netflix series in the works.
—Karla Adam, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2024
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Without the perspective of history, the allure of the White House tell-all is the allure of the tell-all itself: voyeurism.
—Alexander Sorondo, Vox, 31 July 2024
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Beth blames the fact that her childhood wasn’t as brutal as some of the authors who wrote more successful tell-alls.
—Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 25 May 2023
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Hoffs herself is writing the script, but don’t expect any tell-all memoirs from her.
—Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 7 Apr. 2023
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The ghostwriter for Prince Harry's tell-all memoir, Spare, is clearing the record.
—Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 9 May 2023
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This news broke just hours after Kross gave a tell-all interview to Ariel Helwani.
—Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
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Harry has also detailed rifts with his father and his brother, Prince William (the heir to the throne), in his tell-all memoir Spare.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 6 Mar. 2023
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Wynn-Williams’ book does possess a feature common to tell-all memoirs.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2025
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With a dishy tell-all that has left her now twice humiliated?
—Manuel Betancourt, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2024
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The bombshell tell-all sold 1.1 million copies and became a New York Times bestseller within a week of its release.
—James Dinh, Billboard, 29 Oct. 2024
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There was one more secret Amanda had been keeping from Razvan, even while filming the tell-all.
—Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 2 Oct. 2023
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Ed and Jovi shook hands, as Yara stepped in to clarify their tell-all interaction.
—Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 15 Aug. 2023
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The tell-all book’s upcoming arrival in bookstores and on Amazon comes after a bit of a delay.
—Vulture, 28 Sep. 2023
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Prime at the table became Deion on the witness stand, the one from the tell-all books and magazine stories, usually out of Texas, where bridges had been burned.
—Sean Keeler, Orlando Sentinel, 10 Aug. 2024
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During Sunday night's tell-all, Debbie encouraged Julien to take a good look at Jen.
—Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 15 May 2023
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Much of that evidence emerged via Davis’ own tell-all memoir, which described the circumstances around the Shakur killing in detail.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 16 Feb. 2025
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That was far from the only shocking revelation during the tell-all.
—Alyssa Modos, PEOPLE, 31 Mar. 2026
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Another victim has come forward with a tell-all memoir about his abuse, and the true crime-hungry are enthralled.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2026
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The tell-all follows her life at a time when men dominated the legal system.
—Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 22 Mar. 2026
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