told

told a hysterical story.

I told him to scram.

she told me herself.

I told him the news.

Nobody told you to go.

He told the strict truth.

I told the child to behave.

A passerby told me the time.

I told you so.

They told me the whole story.

The doctor told me not to smoke.

They were told off to clean the latrines.

He told the story laughingly.

told me the truth flat out.

told my fortune with tarot cards.

he was told off for talking in assembly.

a little bird told me it was your birthday.

I told him to bog off.

keep calm , she told herself.

the story is told with an absence of contrivance or literary device.