Telling has 2 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
# | Sentence | |
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1. | The judge asked the defendant if he knew the difference between telling the truth and telling a lie. | |
2. | Being objective means not telling everybody whose side you are on. | |
3. | The discrepancy between the stories of the two parties involved in the accident was so great that the authorities had a hard time deciding which side was telling the truth. | |
4. | Ray was willing to corroborate Gary's story, but the police were still unconvinced that either of them were telling the truth. | |
5. | Why are you telling me about hippos all of the sudden? I don't see the connection between that and your twelve red goldfishes. | |
6. | There is no telling what will happen in the near future. | |
7. | There's no telling what kind of trouble this proposal might stir up. The result is certainly going to be something to see. | |
8. | How about telling me what you have in mind? | |
9. | There is no telling what will happen. | |
10. | Please forgive me for telling a lie. |