How to Use tell-all in a Sentence
tell-all
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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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There’s an audience for that part of a tell-all.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 7 Nov. 2025
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Rinna is clear that this isn’t a Housewives tell-all.
—Emily Kelleher, InStyle, 20 Jan. 2026
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There were no dramatic tell-alls or subtle leaks to the press.
—Devon Daniels, PEOPLE, 5 July 2026
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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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With a dishy tell-all that has left her now twice humiliated?
—Manuel Betancourt, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2024
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This is not a titillating tell-all, and all the better for it.
—Cat Woods, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2026
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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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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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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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Harry and Netflix know what will bring in the big bucks, and that is another tell-all.
—Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2025
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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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There’s been plenty of drama leading up to its release, but sales of the tell-all have been sluggish.
—Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 3 Dec. 2025
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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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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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Including, perhaps, his own tell-all memoir?
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 7 Dec. 2025
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Some are gossipy tell-all trash; some are dry, academic histories of the medium.
—Scott Phillips, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
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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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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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The 22-year-old's tell-all memoir is set to release in October.
—Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 30 June 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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Not long after the interview, the star athlete made a tell-all TikTok about her boob job.
—Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 5 Dec. 2025
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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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And though the show positions itself as a tell-all, Guinness beer itself gets through without much of a stain.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
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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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Sources cite that Andrew might make the same move as Harry by publishing his very own tell-all memoir.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 7 Oct. 2025
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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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The tell-all book’s upcoming arrival in bookstores and on Amazon comes after a bit of a delay.
—Zoe Guy, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2023
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One more tell-all interview, and the erasure accelerates.
—Rob Shuter, HollywoodReporter, 14 Nov. 2025
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