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Example sentences for "telt"

Lexicographically close words:
tellus; telpher; telpherage; tels; telson; tem; tema; tembe; teme; temenos
  1. I telt ye the wind was shiftin' its airt, an' that ye wad ha'e a bla' doon.

  2. I've telt ye that whatever ye want, and pey for, is the correct thing in Thornhill.

  3. I was aboot nineteen year auld at the time, an' if onybody had telt me then that Robert Frizzel wad never be mine I wad ha'e gane demented.

  4. Somebody telt him ye were here, and he wants to ken if the bottle o' port wine ye ordered is for Mrs Lawson o' Gillhead or auld Widow Lawson?

  5. It was John Boyes the painter that put it on, an' he telt Mrs Black that there was only anither room like hers, an' it was in the Crystal Palace at London.

  6. If I hadna asked he wad ha'e telt me; the Hebron cam' oot there again, Maister Weelum.

  7. She aince telt me that it was bred in the bane, for her faither was a colourin'-man in a waxcloth factory aboot Kirkcaldy.

  8. What I telt ye before was only half the truth, an' noo ye ken a'.

  9. The Sub-Inspector telt me a few days ago that Ben Bolt's gone o'er the border.

  10. That reminds me, I've no telt your mother.

  11. They're o'er the hill to the linn, for wee Willie telt them ye were gane there to a preaching.

  12. I would na for twenty merks she jealoused that I had telt you to take tent o' her cantrips.

  13. Thirty shillings for twal veesits, and him no mair than seeven mile awa, an' a'm telt there werena mair than four at nicht.

  14. A cheep, Ah telt ye, Maister; a cheep, as shair's daith!

  15. She telt me a'thing she didna keep to hersel'.

  16. I telt her my mind on the business plain, an' offered to get her into our mill.

  17. Ye dinna seem to hae telt her much, Liz, ony mair than me.

  18. I've lain here ever since the nurse telt me she heard it was to be, wonderin' whether I should tell.

  19. It's likely; only I think she micht hae telt me.

  20. Well, lass, they've telt me as it were shocking.

  21. I telt them afore what their damned smelting-house would do for me!

  22. As you've telt us a lie," answered Gubblum.

  23. They've telt me 'at the timber is splitting like matchwood under the sandy vein.

  24. We're auld miners, maistly, and we thowt maybe ye wadna tak' it wrang if we telt ye 'at it wants a vast mair forks and upreets.

  25. T' sexton's got a craigthraw like he gav' the lass over the clints of Scarsdale; ye mind what the ald soger telt us when he hid his face in the kitchen of the George here?

  26. And she telt me not to be feared; and says she: "'Hed the appearance a key in its hand?

  27. I aye telt ye that ye were ower fond o't, and noo!

  28. Mary, as if feeling that it was right to say something good on Sunday, archly put in, "I mind what ye telt me aboot the bird.

  29. Ye telt me aye to ca' you faither; I canna help; sae ye maunna be angry, for I hae nae faither but you.

  30. I never had cause to doot him till the day ye telt me in confidence that he had been ance a poacher.

  31. I'm telt that yours is no canny, an' that it speaks like an auld-farrant bairn.

  32. He's telt ower and ower agen of summat 'at were fifty yards north of the bridge.

  33. I've telt thee afore thou'rt yan of the wise asses.

  34. I met Ralph in the morning part," said Matthew; "he telt me all the ins and outs aboot it.

  35. He axed for t' coach to Lancaster, and I telt him it started frae the Woodman, in Kirklands, and so he went off there.

  36. Curling her lip, she said not very relevantly to the topic in hand, "They've telt me yer a famous sweethearter, Liza.

  37. No, but I were when they telt me what mak of man it was.

  38. I telt her she was ower keen to come away with all the ins and oots aboot the constables coming to Wy'bern yesterday.

  39. I've oft telt thee so," said Mattha, not fearing the character of a Job's comforter.

  40. It could be the one he and Telt had used, but he wasn't sure.

  41. Telt shone a light through the hole at the crumbled chamber inside.

  42. Good as new in a minute," Telt said, banging down the heavy medbox.

  43. Telt was close behind them looking in through the open door.

  44. They ground ahead in low gear while Telt sweated and cursed, struggling with the controls.

  45. Telt hummed to himself hoarsely as he drove.

  46. Telt was scrambling back towards their crumbled entrance as he talked.

  47. Telt had never sent word of his discovery of the radioactive trace to the Nyjord army.

  48. Telt glanced over his shoulder and broke into a shambling run.

  49. You and Hys," Telt said with satisfaction.

  50. Telt asked, even his natural exuberation stilled by this.

  51. He looked for the medbox and saw that Telt had taken it back to the sandcar.

  52. You know, that was more like kind of a joke, when I said I'd leave the corpse behind," Telt told Brion.

  53. Telt pointed the way with his light, down a sharply angled ramp.

  54. It could be," Telt said, packing his instruments swiftly.

  55. Telt and Brion dragged the Disan behind them, struggling through the loose sand toward the circling car.

  56. Mary hated Willie Murray because he aince telt her that she was a silly woman to think that she cud wear a number fower shoe on a number acht foot.

  57. He laughed a lang time and syne when I telt him that it was a draper's shop he directed us to a great big muckle shop wi' a thousand windows.

  58. I hafe never telt you dat you shall be ridikilous when you dressed yourself so smart to see your little Mensieur de Rastignac!

  59. The Prefet telt me you vas a very clefer man an' ver' honest man.

  60. Ay, when Eppie telt me, I could scarce believe 'at that guid devout-lookin' man could hae been sae wicked.

  61. I assure ye I telt 'im 'at I saw nae humour in't.

  62. Eppie couldna bear the very sicht o' the tray after that, an' she telt me to break it up; but I keepit it, ye see.

  63. It was Eppie 'at found oot, an' she telt naebody but me, though mony a ane kens noo.

  64. Ay, syne I would hae ordered her to kindle the fire, or if I had been the king, of coorse I would hae telt her instead to ring the bell an' hae the cloth laid for the breakfast.

  65. Ay, weel, Tibbie telt Chirsty 'at she wears hose ilka day.

  66. Marion aye telt me that, an' I believe she was richt.

  67. Ye will mind the saying about speiring no questions and being telt less lies.

  68. That's what Davidson telt the fiscal," continued Johnstone, with a laugh.

  69. Then Sis telt me to give ye this when there was naebody to see.

  70. I'm thinking it would be better that ye telt naebody else.

  71. They telt me, at the clachan, there were verra few to be had; but I allooed they couldna' be scarcer than Loch Ryan herring.

  72. I was telt it was hereaboots--Toor Street.

  73. Each one goes in a different direction," Telt said, "so they can't track us to the base.

  74. Brion didn't dare put it into words himself; it was Telt who vocalized the thought.

  75. Good as new in a minute," Telt said, banging down the heavy med box.

  76. We walk from here," Telt said, standing and stretching.

  77. But they must have spotted it when Telt tried to leave the city--and stopped it in the most effective way possible, a dart through the open window into the unsuspecting driver's neck.

  78. Telt hit the ground next to him as the orange flame of an explosion burst below.

  79. Telt and Brion dragged the Disan behind them, struggling through the loose sand towards the circling car.

  80. Telt was close behind them, looking in through the open door.

  81. Telt had some of his instruments open on the chart table and was examining a tape with a pocket magnifier when Brion entered.

  82. Telt threw a rain of slugs back towards the dark figures following them.

  83. Too much for my nerves," Telt said, settling his gun back in the holster.

  84. He pulled the corpse away from the unresisting Telt and heaved it across his own shoulders.

  85. When the larger cars appeared out of the darkness, Telt swung around after them.

  86. I can tell thee nowt, lass, but what I telt ye afoore," answered the old woman peremptorily.

  87. I thocht that ance, till Kirsty telt me different," said Morag, interrupting her.

  88. She never telt me she was goin' the day," and the little girl struggled vainly to keep back the tears.

  89. He aye telt His kirk nae to be feared at onything it had to suffer.

  90. She never telt me about ye," she added, musingly.

  91. I ken what ye're come about,' said she; 'my father has telt me.

  92. Next morning a gied a cry at the Free Manse, and telt Maister Carmichael.

  93. It's weel telt also, and that's important, for the best story is no worth hearin' frae a puir hand The corn needs to be cleaned afore ye tak it tae market.

  94. Mr. Hastings telt me aboot y'r Bible school, an' how ye wantit me tae come.

  95. He telt me aboot y'r birthday cakes for the wains.

  96. He was ready tae marry her any time she telt him.


  97. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "telt" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.