I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a telltale/tell-tale sign (= signs that clearly show something bad )
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She would not look at me directly, a tell-tale sign that she was embarrassed.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
sign
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The out-of-state addresses were a telltale sign that the children were illegally adopted.
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It was a telltale sign that water was seeping through the canyon walls, softening the mica shale and conglomerate abutment.
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One telltale sign is when government hunkers down and starts to tinker with things.
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Would we allow the police to search the sacred precincts of marital bedrooms for telltale signs of the use of contraceptives?
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Teachers are encouraged to look for telltale signs of abuse among their students.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Internal haemorrhaging spills blood into the stomach, and this causes a telltale black vomit.
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It was a telltale sign that water was seeping through the canyon walls, softening the mica shale and conglomerate abutment.
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She removed the briefs and felt the telltale moisture below.
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The great majority, once they breach the system and hear the telltale whine, are out of there like a shot.
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The kelp bass with their telltale checkerboard markings are fabled in these waters.
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The out-of-state addresses were a telltale sign that the children were illegally adopted.
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Their spacing is regular, a telltale mark that the flow field around each sea pen defines the optimum spacing of neighbors.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Any false starts or false moves will result in error and the telltale bugs.
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Only professional decorum prevented me from picking up the remaining telltale and gnawing greedily away.