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Example sentences for "tell where"

  • Jesus was glad when He saw you give up the cup, Dolly, because it was not yours, and it was right for you to tell where it was.

  • I guess I'll tell where he put it, 'cause the little gal was good to me after I plagued her.

  • And she said she was sorry about the gardens," said Bessie; "maybe it was her sorriness that made her tell where my cup was.

  • He isn't willing to tell where he got that money, which he don't deny having.

  • Ham saw me counting my money, and his father wanted me to tell where I got it.

  • I can't tell where I got it, without injuring some one else; but I most solemnly declare that I did not steal it, nor take the letter.

  • If I suspect Hall, it's because I think he had a strong motive, a possible opportunity, and more than all, because he refuses to tell where he was Tuesday night.

  • Of course you must see that his absolute refusal to tell where he was that night is, to say the least, an unwise proceeding.

  • If he was not here, it would be far better for him to tell where he really was.

  • At any rate, he must be made to tell where he was and what he was doing Tuesday night.

  • Among the provisions of that law was one which declared that "any person found drunk in a public place should be fined five dollars for every such offense, and be compelled to tell where he got his liquor.

  • The sale of liquor has been legalized, and so long as that is the case I would blame no man for refusing to tell where he got his liquor.

  • It is next to impossible to get a drunkard to tell where he got his liquor.

  • Now, if Pierre had succeeded in getting the safe key, no doubt he would have renewed his attempts to make me tell where I had put the key of the office.

  • His next action was to seize Frank by the collar of his jacket, and pull him roughly to his feet, preparatory to putting into operation his new plan for compelling him to tell where he had hidden the office key.

  • His only hope was in compelling Frank to tell where he had put the office key.

  • I'll tell where I was, if you'll promise not to tell anybody else.

  • What phrase is joined to was imbedded to tell where?


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "tell where" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    after breakfast; did not know whether; having caused; hurried forward; last resource; organic form; pushing forward; sixty days; spot where; tell anybody; tell everything; tell himself; tell lies; tell mother; tell stories; tell truth; tell where; tell you; tell you the truth; telling him; telling stories; telling them; telling what; tells himself; thou deservest; with two