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noun

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Recent Examples of tell-all
Noun
There’s also a frank talk with her 100-year-old former publicity man, Rusty Strait, who later wrote a tell-all book about Jayne (Hargitay scolds him for sharing private stories), and a very poignant interview with Ellen Hargitay, her stepmother who married Mickey short after Jayne’s death. Pete Hammond, Deadline, 18 May 2025 In June 2015, Madison released a tell-all memoir titled Down the Rabbit Hole: Curious Adventures and Cautionary Tales of a Former Playboy Bunny. Jordana Comiter, People.com, 6 May 2025 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 The tension between the estranged spouses was palpable during the tell-all. Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 31 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tell-all
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tell-all
Adjective
  • The rapper recognized the 30th anniversary of his In A Major Way sophomore album and performed a medley of fan-favorite records in the intimate setting.
    DeMicia Inman, VIBE.com, 2 June 2025
  • The collective effect of their intimate, first-person narratives is that of a confessional, revealing the psyche of a country going through a traumatic change.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
Noun
  • His writing stands out for its honesty and authenticity, offering a vivid, personal chronicle of a transformative era.
    Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2025
  • Narrated by Kevin Bacon, the digital exhibition exploring the rock music chronicle’s history includes 1,000 photographs, 200 videos, 1,300 Rolling Stone covers, and features more than 300 music artists throughout the past seven decades.
    Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 22 May 2025
Adjective
  • LuPone is refreshingly gossipy in public in a way that’s largely died in our fearful-of-repercussions, fearful-of-retweets internet age.
    Raven Smith, Vogue, 28 May 2025
  • In a world of algorithm game-playing and lyrics bundled with gossipy subtext, the band’s songs — which deftly blend garage rock and shoegaze — function as talismans affirming the importance of standing tall by your convictions.
    Sophie Williams, Billboard, 1 May 2025
Noun
  • So much of this book is about this complicated and rather dangerous nostalgia for a past and a community that’s gone forever.
    Dwyer Murphy June 6, Literary Hub, 6 June 2025
  • Playwrights addressed the polis not by dramatizing current events but by recasting tales from the mythological and historic past to sharpen critical thinking on contemporary concerns.
    Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2025
Adjective
  • With its gleaming cabinetry, large central island and ample space for a large table and chairs for informal meals, this area has an undeniable contemporary feel and visual appeal.
    James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 1 June 2025
  • This exemption enabled informal workers and women who had had career gaps due to childrearing, for instance, to retire with some security.
    Christine Ro, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • On the eve of Putin’s election in May 2000, the Kremlin published an autobiography and released a documentary packed with heartwarming anecdotes about Putin’s childhood and daily life.
    Peter Rutland, The Conversation, 9 May 2025
  • In 2010, Gilbert published her autobiography Prairie Tale: A Memoir.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025
Noun
  • The biggest change to the Joy-Con is a bizarre one that has roots in Nintendo history.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 5 June 2025
  • The play is nominated for five Tony Awards at this Sunday’s ceremony, including Clooney for Best Actor, and has broken weekly box office records as the highest-grossing non-musical play in history.
    Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
Noun
  • Her bookcase displays her many publications: her psychobiography of the poet Robert Lowell, which was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, and her books on suicide, on exuberance and on the connection between mania and artistic genius.
    Casey Schwartz, New York Times, 22 May 2023
  • First Freud’s patient in the 1920s, in 1930 Bullitt also became his collaborator, co-writing a dubious psychobiography of Woodrow Wilson.
    Patrick Blanchfield, The New Republic, 1 Sep. 2022

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