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  • Loss of bounciness, sudden blisters or recurring pain are also telltale signs.
  • Kristen Fennimore of New Egypt, N.J., counts herself among the than 35 million Americans plagued by seasonal allergic rhinitis — also known as hay fever, a condition characterized by sneezing, stuffiness, a runny nose and the telltale itchiness in the nose, roof of the mouth, throat, eyes or ears. The nose knows: Allergy season here with vengeance
  • Your current shoes may show the telltale signs of overpronation (too much inward rolling of the foot) or excessive supination (too much outward rolling), so bring them along for the salesperson to examine. Long May You Run
  • She looked thinner, the telltale sign of a recent illness evident in the dark circles under her eyes.
  • The telltale charts of my crescograph {FN8-2} are evidence for the most skeptical that plants have a sensitive nervous system and Autobiography of a Yogi
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  • An early and telltale sign of the disease is a severe runny nose and often a custardlike discharge that eventually encrusts the afflicted animal's muzzle.
  • A new blood test could allow doctors to spot telltale signs of cancer long before it shows up as a tumour. Times, Sunday Times
  • Then he notes the telltale faint imprints of claws.
  • FAMILY doctors are failing to spot telltale signs of bowel cancer, a study has found. The Sun
  • Not long after eating marinated raw fish called seviche, Espinosa doubled over with the intense nausea and diarrhea that are the telltale symptoms of the disease. Cholera Stalks A Continent
  • He would watch for the telltale disturbance of phosphorescence in the water which meant the fish were rising on the ebb tide.
  • And beneath the vituperation was the telltale entreaty to Tanenhaus that he should exercise more judgment in his selection process if anyone wanted to take the Edward Champion's Reluctant Habits
  • She's also got a backpack on her shoulders and canvas straps hanging from her legs, the telltale sign that electrodes are attached to both calves. Times, Sunday Times
  • His body did not carry the telltale signs of the great bowman.
  • I was already beginning to exhibit telltale symptoms of the gardening virus. A Patchwork Garden: Unexpected Pleasures from a Country Garden
  • Under their ponchos he spied telltale bulges that he took to be weapons.
  • The website, MyanmarNargis. org, has a few telltale signs of being a false front operation -- what is euphemistically known in the field as "counterintelligence" -- headed up in fact by the SPDC. A Wanted Man in Burma
  • Smokers often end up with telltale lines around their lips (created by repeated lip puckering while inhaling), but the damage doesn't stop there.
  • Brush some soot from the chimney on to the hearth, put on some wellies and press a telltale footprint into the dust. Times, Sunday Times
  • The telltale blue of their family eyes was gone, and in its place was a deep burnished gold.
  • If you have a high squeamish factor and still wish to buy pre-owned, examine the mattress carefully for the telltale signs of infestation, and place it in a protective encasement before you bring it into your home. Jennifer Grayson: Eco Etiquette: Used Mattresses - Icky Or Eco?
  • The companions wandered beneath the staring eye of the sun, following Big Zojja, as Little Zojja used her cockpit cage to pick up a telltale tendril of magic. GuildWars Edge of Destiny
  • Not that there will be any telltale signs of the builder's identity once the schemes are finished - the accommodation will look like any other. Times, Sunday Times
  • Under their ponchos he spied telltale bulges that he took to be weapons.
  • Where we emerged on the floodplain below the fall line, the leaf mat beneath the trees had the telltale signs of abandoned farmsteads long surrendered to the wild. Fire The Sky
  • The car looked immaculate and the interior was clean and unworn, which could mean the mileage was accurate, although the digits on the speedo didn't quite line up - a telltale sign that the mileometer might have been tampered with.
  • No intermediate lenses but u get optimal distance correction as well as reading. .and u will also look younger with them glasses as they don't have the telltale "bifocal" line. Home Theater Forum
  • FAMILY doctors are failing to spot telltale signs of bowel cancer, a study has found. The Sun
  • The shoulders are a part of the body that can give telltale signs during a race. Times, Sunday Times
  • It bore all the telltale symptoms of origin myth. Times, Sunday Times
  • He could have used magic to keep them all warm, of course, but that would have been another kind of telltale, as certain to some "eyes" as lighting a beacon. The Elvenbane
  • Magnetic reconnection should produce telltale jets of moving plasma at high temperature that we hope to detect with EIS.
  • Almost all the squares are tacked to the wall at three corners with tiny brads; a fourth nail was evidently inserted and then removed, leaving a telltale hole.
  • The peshmerga fighters were reported to have suffered telltale blistering in the attack. Times, Sunday Times
  • The peshmerga fighters were reported to have suffered telltale blistering in the attack. Times, Sunday Times
  • Only occasionally did the telltale redness around his eyes betray the fatigue he was suffering.
  • A new blood test could allow doctors to spot telltale signs of cancer long before it shows up as a tumour. Times, Sunday Times
  • Well, you know, these are among the desiderata, the telltales, of great art in any culture!
  • In one grouping, each original image appears to be repeated in a three-frame series still bordered by the telltale edging of the 8mm filmstrip.
  • The telltale signs are underweight children, poor academic performance, and health problems.
  • The telltale sign: Asking a question just once. Christianity Today
  • The results: After 2 weeks of use, my complexion is exfoliated, smooth, and bright, without the telltale redness I've come to expect from a peel. Pandora Young: January's Best Beauty Finds
  • The 70 officers assigned to the case are racing against the clock in the search for telltale clues in three key areas. Times, Sunday Times
  • One was setting up a polygraph, laying out the lie detector's telltale wires and cords.
  • Unlike people who knew me for years and ignored all the telltale signs.
  • Then the telltale lines on the screen appear as the tape is rewound and the camera pans back.
  • Within minutes, Honaker felt the telltale movement of a catch moving up the tube.
  • If you're lucky you may get a few telltale clues before you're in too deep. Times, Sunday Times
  • The telltale metallic odor of Free Magic that left a sour taste in Lirael's mouth and throat and made her stomach roil and heave. LIRAEL: DAUGHTER OF THE CLAYR
  • The 70 officers assigned to the case are racing against the clock in the search for telltale clues in three key areas. Times, Sunday Times
  • The trouble is they always leave telltale signs of their presence. The Sun
  • I mean, I never saw any, you know, what I guess you would call telltale signs that Susan ever would have hurt Michael and Alex, would have harmed them. CNN Transcript Apr 29, 2009
  • A telltale sign of both species are the intricate spirals and twirls of their spawn on the base of individual blades of eel-grass, and these will often lead you to the perpetrator.
  • Torpedoes powered by compressed air left a telltale wake in the water and gave a warning to a target.
  • Frequent training can result in monotonous workouts, running late all the time and forgetfulness - telltale signs you're overloaded.
  • Not bothering to look good for our partner and bickering more often are the biggest telltale signs it has passed. The Sun
  • But state bushfire chief Phil Koperberg said commanders were watching up to 30 suspects for certain telltale signs. Firefighters Starting Their Own Fires | Impact Lab
  • The mineral, called olivine, is deemed to be a telltale of mantle, the deep inner layer of iron - and magnesium-rich rock that lies beneath the Moon's crust. PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories
  • Oxygen is soluble in water and left no telltale wake.
  • The telltale metallic odor of Free Magic that left a sour taste in Lirael's mouth and throat and made her stomach roil and heave. LIRAEL: DAUGHTER OF THE CLAYR
  • Of cource, the label affixed to the top can be removed and reattached without telltale signs. NH Recount Update: Ballot boxes found slit; NH stops putting ballots in vault
  • The handle of the telltale teaspoon was visible under the bed - valance.
  • The trouble is they always leave telltale signs of their presence. The Sun
  • They say that among the telltale signs found by FBI experts were a series of perfectly symmetrical round perforations in some of the stainless steel kitchen equipment in the dining hall.
  • He probes their faces for telltale clues. Times, Sunday Times
  • But there are a few telltale signs that all is not quite as it seems. Times, Sunday Times
  • The researchers had already deployed time-lapse cameras mounted to trees and remote microphones to listen for the telltale calls.
  • After a few dives, the inlet filter on my serviced regulator bore the telltale brown dust of internal tank corrosion.
  • Pioneering digital publisher Telltale Inc. is bringing its lineup of games to Mac starting today with critically-acclaimed pirate adventure Tales of Monkey Island, a title praised by OC Weekly as the "Best Series Revival" of the year and included in "Top Games of 2009" roundups by PALGN, Parenthood. com, SPAWNPOINT.COM - Gaming News Feed
  • Eat plenty of hot food, drink lots of soup and tea; hypothermia is a very real danger that can come on very quickly with few telltale signs.
  • Chris had his committed cluster hunters searched for X-rays, the telltale signs of the incredibly hot gasses in a galaxy cluster.
  • The test correlates the presence of a telltale protein - myosin - to muscle growth.
  • I reason that legions of stoner gimps would weave their way to my house and as my nose is perpetually blocked, I wouldn't be able to detect the telltale stench of patchouli oil.
  • Sometimes seeing someone you have a crush on results in telltale physiological signs. Archive 2005-07-01
  • A telltale sign of this trick is the rule, established by the assertor, that one may not reject any portion of the assertion.
  • The telltale sign is the appearance of itchy patches of skin that flake or crack.
  • But those baby blues - or browns or greens - will also prove the telltale sign of someone using methamphetamine, commonly known as crystal meth, crank, speed, ice or glass.
  • The only telltale sign that the house was once two will be the two front doors. Times, Sunday Times
  • While the rest of you may yearn for an even Bisto colour all over, I'm happy to sport that telltale white bracelet of untanned skin round my left wrist.
  • My colleague was doing her best to avoid my gaze, but the telltale blotches around her eyes gave away the fact that her waterworks had been flowing.
  • Most people who lose weight from only dieting develop telltale signs of this, by having a lot of loose skin, as opposed to the well-toned, firm body of someone who is eating correctly and exercising.
  • Pioneering digital publisher Telltale Inc. is bringing its lineup of games to Mac starting today with critically-acclaimed pirate adventure Tales of Monkey Island, a title praised by OC Weekly as the "Best Series Revival" of the year and included in "Top Games of 2009" roundups by PALGN, Parenthood, About, and Gamasutra. BabyGotMac.com
  • Brush some soot from the chimney on to the hearth, put on some wellies and press a telltale footprint into the dust. Times, Sunday Times
  • They have other health troubles because of that telltale underbite, as well as back, hip and shoulder problems. The Sun
  • a telltale panel of lights
  • While large cash transfers can occasionally tip off authorities to drug activity, terrorists leave few telltale financial signs.
  • Eat plenty of hot food, drink lots of soup and tea; hypothermia is a very real danger that can come on very quickly with few telltale signs.
  • Case peered at them and saw that their youth was counterfeit, marked by a certain telltale corrugation at the knuckles, something the surgeons were un - able to erase. Wonder Woman and the Lasso of Truth
  • Her hands went to her face, attempting to rub the telltale glow from her cheeks.
  • By looking for particular telltale absorptions, we can tell what minerals are on the surface. SETI Institute: Life at the SETI Institute: Adrian Brown -- The Time for Mars is Now
  • I scrutinized the telltale pockmarks decorating his body.
  • I'd urge members of the public to look out for telltale signs. Times, Sunday Times
  • FAMILY doctors are failing to spot telltale signs of bowel cancer, a study has found. The Sun
  • I'd urge members of the public to look out for telltale signs. Times, Sunday Times
  • I recall the telltale scene in Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining" in which the clairvoyant little boy envisions the brass elevator doors of his mysterious new family home in a mystical hotel resort slowly opening to unleash a torrent of blood that spills and splashes over the entire hall, filling it (and his innocent mind) with the hotel's revealed contents of terror and "redrum. Arizona Daily Wildcat
  • A new method of data interpretation called multivariate pattern analysis has revealed that telltale patterns of brain activity correspond to specific mental states. Scientific American
  • The trick once down was to keep an eye on bubbles and fish behaviour for telltale signs of cross-currents and whirlpools.
  • The dangers can be great: bacteria that can lead to botulism and listeriosis can grow in anaerobic environments like vacuum-sealed bags and cans, but in bags there is no visual trace — no dented can — or telltale rotting or putrid smell. Out of the Frying Pan
  • Then there were the ubiquitous "floatables": leaves, wrappers, a plastic bottle, a condom, the last of which Mr. Lipscomb identified as a telltale sign of sewage. NYT > Home Page
  • The telltale sign: Asking a question just once. Christianity Today
  • Not bothering to look good for our partner and bickering more often are the biggest telltale signs it has passed. The Sun
  • The trouble is they always leave telltale signs of their presence. The Sun
  • To the Middle Dutch maken, French-speakers had added their telltale suffix -age, and the rest of the word captured how people pronounced that mix of borrowed verb and native ending. The English Is Coming!
  • To the Middle Dutch maken, French-speakers had added their telltale suffix -age, and the rest of the word captured how people pronounced that mix of borrowed verb and native ending. The English Is Coming!
  • I inserted my key into the lock and opened the door, listening for telltale sounds.
  • Soon after uttering the last word, the telltale, music-ruining shatter of glass could be heard.
  • Indeed, there are some clear telltale signs, that suggest that this is not necessarily a one time occurrence.
  • Oil loss, a lack of power or nasty noises from the engine bay are telltale signs that all is not well. Times, Sunday Times
  • There has been an explosion in the number of astronomers scanning the skies for the telltale wobble of distant worlds.
  • The telltale charts of my crescograph {FN8-2} are evidence for the most skeptical that plants have a sensitive nervous system and a varied emotional life. Autobiography of a Yogi
  • The telltale entry was the lone item on the credit side: ￡2,000, from deposit account.
  • FAMILY doctors are failing to spot telltale signs of bowel cancer, a study has found. The Sun
  • Thornton," Steinmeyer explains, "had sent the message to himself, from Cripple Creek to Colorado Springs," where he surreptitiously lopped off the telltale portion before handing it over to the policeman. Jim Steinmeyer's "The Last Greatest Magician in the World"
  • It uses a diagram of a baby to show where the telltale signs of meningitis materialise.
  • The only telltale sign that the house was once two will be the two front doors. Times, Sunday Times
  • I was already beginning to exhibit telltale symptoms of the gardening virus. A Patchwork Garden: Unexpected Pleasures from a Country Garden
  • In retrospect, she can see the telltale signs such as bloodshot eyes and headaches. CDC warns of 'choking game' deaths, risks
  • He didn't have a change in his bowel habits, he didn't have rectal bleeding; and so he didn't have any of the clear, telltale signs of colon cancer.
  • Only occasionally did the telltale redness around his eyes betray the fatigue he was suffering.
  • He probes their faces for telltale clues. Times, Sunday Times
  • I noted the vapor trails that were draped along the leading edge extensions and wingtips as he passed overhead - telltale signs of a high-performance turn.
  • It might seem irrelevant, but it is a bit of a telltale that the website (what _should_ be the public's main portal for the latest NASA news) isn't priority. allen NASA's JPL Page Needs Some Tweaking - NASA Watch
  • a telltale patch of oil on the water marked where the boat went down
  • And although the flora is static - you'll see no telltale rustling as tangos creep about or bushes flattened by a chopper's downwash - it certainly beats Rising Sun's plywood cut-outs and tropical wallpaper.
  • Against this backdrop, engineers came up with a new way to inspect the valves for cracks, adopting so-called eddy current analysis to look telltale defects indicative of cracks. Spaceflight Now
  • But there are a few telltale signs that all is not quite as it seems. Times, Sunday Times
  • There were, though, telltale signs of things to come.
  • The broomstick and the pointy hat have been given the heave-ho but, according to Diana, there are still some telltale signs.
  • It bore all the telltale symptoms of origin myth. Times, Sunday Times
  • Again, the telltale shimmer this produced went unnoticed.
  • The peshmerga fighters were reported to have suffered telltale blistering in the attack. Times, Sunday Times
  • Every exposed power cord in our apartment bears telltale toothmarks from her enthusiastic fits of mastication.
  • When it's all over, scientists will scrutinize every twisted shard of metal for some kind of telltale resemblance to the catastrophe that brought down TWA Flight 800. What Really Happened?
  • Bark stripping is normally the telltale sign of this little rodent.
  • The poetic association is either Poe's Telltale Heart narrator or Tennyson's Maude, in which a man morbidly considers the effects of his own burial.
  • Keep the grass mowed or mulched around the trunks of your fruit trees and watch for the telltale rusty frass of borers - these larval worms can be dug out with a sturdy wire.
  • He runs outside and inspects the car for any telltale signs of the encounter.
  • As much as anything else, he thought, it was the small things that were disturbing: the unmown grass at the park, the weeds protruding from the asphalt in the bank parking lot, the garbage cans lining the streets, filled with uncollected trash -- insignificant items on the surface, but telltale signs that something was seriously amiss. Baby Games
  • In one grouping, each original image appears to be repeated in a three-frame series still bordered by the telltale edging of the 8mm filmstrip.
  • The essays have a telltale sameness to them, says Stanford's MBA Admissions Director Derrick Bolton.
  • If you're lucky you may get a few telltale clues before you're in too deep. Times, Sunday Times
  • accusive shoes and telltale trousers
  • Unlike surrounding leaves, these pages - heavily edited, faded, some with frayed edges - were typed with a black ribbon, a telltale sign of antecedence.
  • The trouble is they always leave telltale signs of their presence. The Sun
  • There are always telltale signs and whether people want to open up their eyes to those signs is up to them.
  • Empty lots, marked by the telltale Dumpsters and mounds of dirt rising 20 feet high, are becoming a common sight again after a slowdown in so-called teardown activity during the recession. A Rebound in Teardowns
  • And the crew left no telltale scars on the fragile hillsides where they had been intensely working, she says.
  • When the flaky skin loosens, it leaves the telltale "dandruff" flakes. Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
  • Not that there will be any telltale signs of the builder's identity once the schemes are finished - the accommodation will look like any other. Times, Sunday Times
  • If you have other telltale symptoms, such as brittle hair and nails, dry skin and a tendency to feel cold, definitely get checked out.
  • I had even been known to show disdain for coworkers and friends who exhibited the telltale symptoms: forced laughter, gratuitous free cappuccino, speaking-in-a-higher-pitched-voice-than-normal, chiding them with gruesome tales of Abner Louima and his baton-battered colon. Falling for Captain D.
  • It strikes me as another telltale sign of the insidious colonization of our personal and social lives by the ethic of the algorithm.
  • The shoulders are a part of the body that can give telltale signs during a race. Times, Sunday Times
  • There are certain telltale signs, ones that most of us are guilty of. Times, Sunday Times
  • The telltale clink of tracks heralds the advance of a brigade combat team.
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  • Underneath, ineptly scratched out, three telltale words are still discernible: ‘Made in Taiwan’.
  • For example, an experienced ticket checker would have unconsciously learnt to look for telltale signs to correctly identify a ticketless traveller.
  • The shoulders are a part of the body that can give telltale signs during a race. Times, Sunday Times
  • For example, an experienced ticket checker would have unconsciously learnt to look for telltale signs to correctly identify a ticketless traveller.
  • He probes their faces for telltale clues. Times, Sunday Times
  • Running along the front wall, 17 inches in height, is the "telltale" made of sheet metal. Squash Tennis
  • I grew up in the southern USA and well remember those telltale red bites that itched like fury, usually in places that were improper to scratch in public. Biting insects
  • The telltale clink of tracks heralds the advance of a brigade combat team.
  • Oil loss, a lack of power or nasty noises from the engine bay are telltale signs that all is not well. Times, Sunday Times
  • The telltale signs will always peer through at the experts who will be examining the handwriting.
  • The telltale marks recall a lost world from 175 million years ago when neither cliffs nor sea were there and the area was a near-tropical coastal plain watered by rivers from the Pennines.
  • The trick once down was to keep an eye on bubbles and fish behaviour for telltale signs of cross-currents and whirlpools.
  • For years, arson investigators looked for telltale signs of chipped concrete based on the assumption that fire accelerants like gasoline cause such fragmentation.
  • The car looked immaculate and the interior was clean and unworn, which could mean the mileage was accurate, although the digits on the speedo didn't quite line up - a telltale sign that the mileometer might have been tampered with.
  • Police Chief Paul Ciesielski said that Bisard was sobbing when police got to the scene, and that might have camouflaged telltale drunken-driving signs such as bloodshot eyes. IndyStar.com Top Stories
  • But it should be obvious to any layman that removing every telltale object, smudge, and fluff of dust from the place, let alone every goetic trace, would take days. Operation Luna
  • One telltale sign is that the strain does not contain the eae gene, which codes for a protein called intimin, an adhesion protein that allows the bacteria to attach to cells in the gut.
  • Sometimes a forceful vertical element intrudes on the stark, elemental division between earth, sea and sky: the telltale trace of human intrusion, a buoy, lighthouse or seamark.
  • The telltale signs: writing a few words, then furiously backspacing; paralysis of the hands; an overwhelming desire to check my e-mail, surf the Web, get a soda, anything but confront the blank screen.
  • It is said that you can recognise the deft hands that fashioned a doll by looking for telltale signs and shapes on it.
  • So lots of devout Catholics wear brown scapulars - you can spot them by the telltale thin brown strips creeping over into the necklines of their shirts, a habitual (pun intended) annoyance that's part of the penance we're supposed to be practicing, I guess. Archive 2007-01-01
  • The goldeneye's white spot is between its telltale yellow eye and grey beak, rather than behind the eye.
  • There are now designer boutiques, bakeries selling ciabattas, and that telltale sign of overaffluence - the Bang and Olufsen shop.
  • The "Dra" bit refers to a telltale sign of viral infection—double-stranded RNA molecules—while the "co" bit concerns the mechanism by which a cell commits suicide if so infected. Modifying Mother Nature to Kill Nasty Viruses
  • His feet are swollen and his skin cracked, both telltale signs of malnutrition.
  • Sure, they enhanced his ‘cool,’ but you had to wonder if they were hiding some telltale sign of age or too many wild parties.
  • That telltale pressure is one of the hallmarks of acute sinusitis.
  • There are certain telltale signs, ones that most of us are guilty of. Times, Sunday Times
  • And oil analysis reveals telltale signs of the health of a given machine and what must be done to keep it in optimum running condition.
  • I gave the cramped club a brief once-over, looking for any telltale signs for any of my friends.
  • Carbon dioxide, one of the telltale signs that a planet may be able to support life, has been spotted in the atmosphere of a gas giant orbiting a star 63 light years from Earth.
  • He probes their faces for telltale clues. Times, Sunday Times

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