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telltale
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telltale as in:  a telltale sign

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  • A short while later, Lale hears the telltale sounds of movement in the compound.†  (source)
  • A series of clicks startled her, followed by telltale humming.†  (source)
  • By that point, I definitely had a telltale heart.†  (source)
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  • As the woman left I burst through the door with the telltale beaker.†  (source)
  • He commed the door closed and checked the telltales.†  (source)
  • She lied with the full confidence that Saladin could see no telltale trace of deception in her eyes.†  (source)
  • 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)
  • He watched for telltale clues, any remark or action that could not be explained.†  (source)
  • 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)
  • But not before I see telltale redness in his eyes.†  (source)
  • 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)
  • Roland gives no telltale sign that he knows what really happened to them.†  (source)
  • Tyler checked the telltales on the air lock, then opened the door.†  (source)
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