tell-alls

plural of tell-all

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for tell-alls
Noun
  • Bodies and histories do not politely wait outside the studio until the artist grants them entrance.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Cater said the crown logo and name trace their histories to a lawn ball with a crown insignia that was important to the founders and ultimately made its way into the branding.
    — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • As the longtime partners wrestle with their dark pasts and present conspiracies, Chris’ newfound bond with a pair of students (Mariana di Girolamo and Ailín Salas) threatens to send everyone’s trip sideways.
    — Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2026
  • A number of pasts—Dutch, Puritan English, and revolutionary era—have been subsumed in the telling, and the changes Rip finds on returning to his village suggest Irving’s own ambivalence about the direction the United States was taking.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Juan Angel, who went on to build a successful landscaping business, struggled with alcoholism, which Rivera chronicles in this narrative that does not shy away from the role addiction played in the life and death of his role model.
    — Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The film picks up in 1940 after France’s defeat by the Nazis and chronicles de Gaulle’s efforts to show the Allies that France was still worth fighting for.
    — Kate McKenna, semafor.com, 14 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Early-life cognitive ability, measured through those old autobiographies and school records, tracked with better cognitive outcomes decades later.
    — Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 July 2026
  • Hanks' wife Rita Wilson stars in and co-produces the new show, which features an ever-changing lineup of entertainment, politicians and athletes who read and act out excerpts from other celebrities' autobiographies.
    — Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 20 May 2026
Noun
  • Makary's time at the agency was defined by scientific disputes, leadership changes and a string of media stories detailing low morale and internal dysfunction among staffers.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Movies bring audiences across the country the unique magic of sitting with their neighbors to see extraordinary stories told on the big screen at their local cinema.
    — Paul Gunsky, IndieWire, 25 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Their lives were recorded in the form of hagiographies, stories of the saints, often ornamented with folkloric motifs, focusing on marvelous adventures and miraculous doings.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 July 2026
  • Some of the hagiographies of Francis were written shortly after his death in 1226.
    — Vanessa Corcoran, The Conversation, 2 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • That blow came a little less than a year after the New York Times shook up its culture desk and reassigned its classical music critic, Zachary Woolfe, to serve as the obituaries editor.
    — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Roberts, who has written more than sixteen hundred obituaries, retraces the origins of the form (in ancient Rome) and the emergence of the modern newspaper obituary (in the eighteenth century).
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Its key discovery is a collection of cassette recordings Rabal recorded his memoirs on.
    — Callum McLennan, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Through the criminal trial, memoirs, civil lawsuits, investigative reporting, and a slate of documentaries, the world already knows a great deal about who Sean Combs is.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026
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“Tell-alls.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tell-alls. Accessed 30 Sep. 2026.

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