The King deemed himself in a dream and asked the messenger, "O Saba' al-Kifar, is this thou tellest me true?
Abundance of impertinent things thou tellest me in this letter; some of which thou hadst from myself; others that I knew before.
And yet as true, when thou tellest me, that I would rather marry than lose this lady.
O I have slain thee, billie Bewick, 135 If this be true thou tellest to me; But I made a vow, ere I came frae hame, That aye the next man I wad be.
If this be true, thou Aldingar, The tyding thou tellest to me, Then will I make thee a rich, rich knight, 35 Rich both of golde and fee.
Thou tellest him now dead," said Geirmund, "with whom we have gossipped this morning.
Now mightest thou," said Rodny, "yield Njal and his sons great help, if thou tellest him all these plans.
Thou art a truthful man, and hast got at the truth by asking, and I will trust to all that thou tellest me as to what was the cause of quarrel between them.
Grettir said, "It is of no avail to seek after thine abode if thou tellest of it no clearer than this.
And again, "Thou tellestmy wanderings; put thou my tears into thy bottle.
Thou tellest us how strictly thou keepest the sabbath-day.
Thou tellest me again that Vyasa is the son of Narayana.
Thou tellest me in sweet words that I am very dear to thee.
And, indeed, as for the night that thou tellest to be on his shield, haply it signifieth the night of death that shall fall upon his eyes.
Thou tellestmarvels indeed," said he; "but how then?
Wonderful is this thou tellest of a free man with nought whereby to live!
He said: "I tell thee once again that I trust thee for a seer; because no man could make up such a tale as thou; the things which thou tellest are too wonderful for a minstrel, the tale too grievous.
And, in another place, tellest me, 'That thou pleadest not for the state for any favour thou hast for it.
Thou art apprehensive, that the lady is now truly in danger; and it is a miracle, thou tellest me, if she withstand such an attempter!
Arthur Dimmesdale, in whose eyes a fitful light, kindled by her enthusiasm, flashed up and died away, “thou tellest of running a race to a man whose knees are tottering beneath him!
The monarch spake in wonder: / "In sooth thou tellest right.
Thou tellest my wanderings and puttest my tears in thy bottle; are they not in thy book?
Siegmund sat up; he spake: "What are fair Kriemhild's ills, of which thou tellest me?
Most assuredly that which thou tellest is an image of the world that was; and he that dreameth of the one world dreameth also in due season of the other.
I will pledge thee the word of a man who fears God, that I will in no way dishonourable make use of that which thou tellest me.
I will use what thou tellest me for no manner of hurt to my lord of Worcester or aught that is his.
Thou tellest marvelous things, but first I wish you to relate the prosperous contest of your friends in battle.
Thou tellest an incredible story, but the king of this country, whom you wish to see, is gone, having quitted the temple.
IPH, Thou tellest a fearful thing, for strangers to slay their receivers.
And by swearing, thou tellestall that hear thee, that thou supposest thyself to be taken for a person whose word is not to be believed.
Without distrusting that the phenomena which thou tellest me of, and others as remarkable, have really occurred, I think that they are to be accounted for as the result of a physical and material, not of a spiritual, influence.
It is queer news that thou tellestme about the Pioneer.
Most Dear, I have just arrived from Salem, and find thy note, in which thoutellest me of thy illness.
Mine ownest, I have just received thy letter, and rejoice unspeakably at the news which thou tellest me.
The valiant men of whom thou tellest shall be our fellows, were there but three of them.
But gems, with such power as thou tellest of, I never saw nor heard of yet.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "tellest" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
