To tell the truth, the only patient he had had to attend to that week was a superannuated porter, living in the Rue de la Pepiniere, and whom he visited twice a day, for want of something better to do.
Tell the Sahib I will give him a cure for the Scots fiddle when next we meet," cried I.
Tell the Sahib I consider him no gentleman," says I, and turned away with a gesture of contempt.
It was the first time I had seen my mother, or, indeed, any other flesh and blood woman, in evening dress, and to tell the truth I was a little shocked.
To tell the truth," said my mother, "she's only here temporarily.
The cup will be very fine and rich, and, to tell the truth, the cup is to be esteemed for the workmanship rather than for the material of which it is made.
I have led this life now long enough; to tell the truth.
And if it please you, I will tell you without lying how I came to be thus raised up; for never will I be slow to tell the story.
On the morning after the election Captain Jim dropped in at the little house to tell the news.
And it's the first duty of a man to tell the truth, as he sees it and believes it.
Monsieur de Chavigny, who at heart detested the cardinal, took pains to tell the story to two or three friends, who put it into immediate circulation.
Tell the Comte de la Fere to come to me," said Madame de Chevreuse, "I want to speak to him.
He was charged to tell the Comte de la Fere, that she had learned of the return of her youthful protege, and also the manner he had conducted himself on the field, and she added that she should be very glad to offer him her congratulations.
Good," replied Athos, whose blood mounted to his face at the insult offered to royalty; "tell the captain we are coming.
Mordaunt hesitated; but it seemed as though he was constrained to tell the truth.
Billy, to tell the truth, was working altogether too hard; but she would not admit it, even to herself.
William, to tell the truth, was quite anticipating that sleeping.
To tell the truth, I've had quite enough now--of Mary Jane.
No machine can lie," said Father Brown; "nor can it tell the truth.
You are a most extraordinary witness," he said; "but there is something about you that makes me think you are trying to tell the truth.
And now let me tell the readers of the Daily Reformer what I think the most remarkable thing in the whole affair.
The priest shook his head; and the librarian proceeded to tell the tale as he had heard it from his predecessor in the same post, who had been his patron and instructor, and whom he seemed to trust implicitly.
And he proceeded to tell the story of his disillusionment.
Yea," said Ralph, "I will ask thee to tell the tale of how thou camest into thy Lordship.
To tell the truth, my Tess, I don't like you to be left anywhere away from my protection and sympathy.
As he fell out of the dance his eyes lighted on Tess Durbeyfield, whose own large orbs wore, to tell the truth, the faintest aspect of reproach that he had not chosen her.
To tell the truth," said Mr. Greggs, "I did not know William Bodley very well.
To tell the truth, he looked a little bit like you.
But, to tell the truth, I don't know how to go at it.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "tell the" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
