twice-told
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of twice-told
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50
Example Sentences
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This focus on individual experiences and actions allows a reader the comfort of revisiting old friends whose life histories are twice-told tales, while also providing introductions to less well-known but equally interesting men.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 15, 2021
That idea reached a zenith of sorts in his 2018 feature, “Asako I & II,” a deftly twice-told love story that abounded in doppelgängers real and imagined.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2021
There were some twice-told tales, with him speaking of Hillary's "self-possession that I found magnetic."
From US News ● Jul. 26, 2016
It is one of the twice-told tales of the music business: Decades ago, Michael Jackson received some sound investment advice from Paul McCartney.
From New York Times ● Mar. 15, 2016
The political history of Venice, stripped of its tinsel and melodrama, is tedious as a twice-told tale.
From The Origins and Destiny of Imperial Britain Nineteenth Century Europe by Cramb, J. A. (John Adam)
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