At the summer fair she was fortune telling to earn extra cash.

The tell-tale on the sail fluttered, showing the wind's direction to the helmsman.

The tell-tale scratches on the table revealed that the cat had been there.

During the class show-and-tell, each student brought an item and told its story.

In the old manuscript he used the word tell-troth to mean speaking honestly, a usage now considered archaic.

Can you tell the time by looking at this old clock?

The engineer pointed to a tell tale crack in the bridge's support that required immediate repair.

The rusty tell tale on the boat warned us of the wind direction.

She tells tales about her neighbors, so people are careful about believing her.

She kept telling tales about her former boss, even though others advised her to stop.