tale-telling

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for tale-telling
Adjective
  • Waddingham plays gossipy yacht guest Heidi in The Woman in Cabin 10 — but in real life, the actress is focused on being a single mother to her daughter.
    Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
  • My father also still relished that gossipy story from our neighborhood about a man whose wife left him and took the children and all the furniture.
    Susan Cheever, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The bleachers beside the benches were nearly full and accordingly voluble.
    Dan Greene, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
  • As recent college graduates face one of the toughest job markets in years, Berkeley economist and voluble Substacker Brad DeLong has a message for those struggling to land their first full-time gig: Artificial intelligence (AI) and automation are not to blame.
    Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Jimmy Adams has captained West Indies and been their director of cricket, and is one of the most intelligent and articulate figures in the game.
    Paul Newman, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • And Keith Siegel, a hostage, himself, for close to 500 days, articulate and healthy, looked beyond the Israeli government for help.
    Greg Palkot, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Chinese censors are ramping up their crackdown on online dissent as internet users become increasingly vocal over the country’s economic slowdown.
    Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2025
  • While the marketplace hasn’t caught up, many are vocal about denouncing rhetoric that shames older women with the hopes that, one day, everyone will catch on.
    Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Widely received as a glib rebuttal to concerns about the rising cost of watching games, the commissioner’s quote will undoubtedly linger in the NBA discourse as a new season begins.
    Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2025
  • As election strategies go, third time lucky might sound a bit glib.
    Charlie Campbell, Time, 15 Sep. 2025
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“Tale-telling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tale-telling. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.

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