telltalein a sentence
telltale as in: a telltale sign
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Even Beatrice wasn't sure, turning the viewfinder sideways and upside down as she tried in vain to identify a telltale part of owl anatomy. (source)telltale = something that indicates information
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His age was beginning to show, his one sign of inner turmoil, the strong line of his jaw melted a little, one became aware of telltale creases forming under his ears, one noticed not his jet-black hair but the gray patches growing at his temples. (source)telltale = showing unintentionally
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Now as Peter's eyes discovered the bandaid on his neck, the telltale flicker of anger appeared.† (source)
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A short while later, Lale hears the telltale sounds of movement in the compound.† (source)
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Roland gives no telltale sign that he knows what really happened to them.† (source)
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He knew he had been turning a blind eye to telltale signs that things were moving in this direction.† (source)
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By the time the snow melted and the rains of spring swept in, every boy in Kabul bore telltale horizontal gashes on his fingers from a whole winter of fighting kites.† (source)
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He commed the door closed and checked the telltales.† (source)
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On Madam Hooch's whistle, Harry kicked hard into the air and heard the telltale whoosh of the Bludger behind him.† (source)
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So-called computermen—programmers, really—of Authority's civil service stood watches in outer read-out room and never went in machines room unless telltales showed misfunction.† (source)
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It would have been easy for me to have overlooked the slippage — the telltale signs of mental frailty, whatever they might have been.† (source)
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It was only when I took up the parchment to blot it and set it carefully away, that I saw the telltales of the rector's exhausted mind.† (source)
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Joe went back inside to search for telltale signs that he had been living there for six months.† (source)
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Louis tells me that the gossip of the sailors finds its way aft, and that two of the telltales have been badly beaten by their mates.† (source)
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A series of clicks startled her, followed by telltale humming.† (source)
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The neighborhood seemed safe to us, but there were telltales of its rough edge.† (source)
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