Meanings of telltale sound in inglés

As I spoke, I heard a stealthy but telltale sound behind me.

And then they heard the telltale sound of a match being struck.

The telltale sound of tires skidding on pavement told them that he and Tex had been spotted.

As I listened intently for some kind of telltale sound, Debs put her own ear on the door beside me.

There might be someone in the tiny toilet compartment, but I doubted that and heard not a single telltale sound.

He listened for the puff of a motor or some other telltale sound that would prove the correctness of his theory.

So big is the problem of upskirt photography (coupled with 5-plus Megapixel camera phones) that almost no Japanese phones can have the telltale sound disabled.

Outside, I heard shouting and the telltale sounds of automatons clip-clopping down the street.

She strained her hearing to pick up the telltale sounds of gunfire, but there was nothing.

It felt unnatural and my voice sounded raspy and constricted with phlegm, the telltale sounds of a chain-smoker.

So the village women stake out the bridge around the clock, listening out for the telltale sounds of diggers on the move.