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Example sentences for "when told"

  • Mr. Graves, who was also breathing heavily, when told by Mr. Eddy that he was dying, replied that he did not care.

  • I pictured Georgia asleep in a pretty house two miles away, wondered how I could get word to her and what she would say when told that we would go away together from Sonoma, and not take anything that grandpa or grandma had given us.

  • When told of the difficulties before them, their impatience grew to be off, that they might prove to Western plodders what could be done by Eastern pluck and muscle.

  • When told to keep Sam's wage until the end of the season he looked relieved and at the end of the season came to Sam, looking more worried and said that he had no money.

  • When told to keep them out of town he shook his head and said he would try.

  • When told of it the school superintendent, a puttering old fellow with vacant eyes, had shaken his head in alarm and declared that it must be looked into.

  • When told that he was surrounded by the enemy at Belmont, he quietly replied: "Well, then, we must cut our way out.

  • It is in me and it shall come out," said Sheridan, when told that he would never make an orator, as he had failed in his first speech in Parliament.

  • Nathan, when told of the cashier's remark; "I will make these gentlemen see what sort of private persons we are.

  • When told to pray for the witch, the boy and the devils were furious; but afterwards calmed down on the exorciser getting extra power; and then the boy prayed his prayer and grew better.

  • Nor liked him much the less when told he had been a robber!

  • Texan, when told of the dress he was expected to put on.

  • Upheld by this hope, which the Dona Luisa, when told of it, shared with her, they less irksomely passed the hours.

  • But they quickly filled with tears when told that he was going away, and had come to say good-bye.

  • I expected as much," said she, when told of the result, "but it matters not.

  • It is all plain to me," said Sir Walter Raleigh, when told of it.

  • If we can find enough of these spleen stones to make our trip profitable we do not care whether we meet the Great Ladies or not," said the prospectors, when told of the proposed trip in search of the Amazon Queens.

  • When told to shut out the world from his heart, this may be impossible with him who has nothing to replace it--but not impossible with him who has found in God a sure and satisfying portion.

  • He noticed and asked about Mark, and, when told, exclaimed, "Remarkable!

  • When told of his fate she was horrified, and in the early morning she sought Strachan to plead for his life, but was rudely repulsed.

  • When told two of his men had killed a Yankee and captured a Yankee captain, he asked what had been done with the captain.

  • When told of the disastrous defeat of Powell's force, he was astounded.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "when told" 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:
    indigenous inhabitants; long ride; when attacked; when called; when completed; when considered; when crossed; when daylight; when every; when exposed; when finished; when first; when half; when his; when nearly; when necessary; when once; when presently; when pursued; when ripe; when seen; when the time comes; when thou art king; when told; when twenty; when very