Telling in example sentence

I spent some time telling the college G.P. about what I perceived to be the real problem: anxiety, low self-worth, fears about the future, and was met with bored indifference until I mentioned the voice, upon which he dropped his pen, swung round and began to question me with a show of real interest.

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Directing – telling people exactly how to do something – is micromanaging when they can do it themselves.

And I began the speech by telling them the story of what had just happened the day before in Nashville.

Come to think of it, knowing when you're wrong without a teacher, or your mother, telling you, is a very hard problem.

So the next time you pass a jewelry shop window displaying a beautifully cut teardrop-shaped stone, don't be so sure it's just your culture telling you that that sparkling jewel is beautiful.

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