How to Use telly in a Sentence

telly

noun
  • Please turn off the telly.
  • I just want to relax and watch the telly.
  • This is a fine time to cozy up with a good book or in front of the telly.
    — Ed Silverman, STAT, 19 Jan. 2022
  • Fans will switch the telly on or get to a stadium to watch her.
    — Megan Feringa, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
  • But part of me will always half stifle a laugh when a man is naked on the telly.
    — Raven Smith, Vogue, 26 Jan. 2022
  • For those of you who prefer to stay home, there is always a good book or a flick on the telly.
    — Ed Silverman, STAT, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Grab a cup of tea and settle down for the finest telly Britain has to offer.
    — Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 27 Sep. 2024
  • Friends will send me music a lot, and just hearing it online, on telly.
    — New York Times, 19 Apr. 2022
  • Dinner almost always takes place on the sofa in front of the telly.
    — Bon Appétit Contributor, Bon Appétit, 9 Oct. 2022
  • The simple box hooks up to the telly, your home network and the internet.
    — Charlie Sorrel, WIRED, 9 Oct. 2008
  • The film awards took place in March, while this night celebrated the best in telly.
    — Vulture, 8 May 2022
  • How can anyone who has ever seen Tamra on their telly not know the answer to that?
    — Peter Larsen, Orange County Register, 20 Sep. 2024
  • This may also be an opportunity to turn on the telly and catch up on your binge watching.
    — Ed Silverman, STAT, 2 Dec. 2022
  • This may be an opportunity to catch up on your reading or do some binge watching in front of the telly.
    — Ed Silverman Reprints, STAT, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Of course, those of you who prefer to hibernate could curl up with a good book, tidy up around your castle or watch some footie on the telly.
    — Ed Silverman, STAT, 26 June 2026
  • Getting plunked in front of the telly rather than taken to the funeral was formative.
    — New York Times, 21 Jan. 2022
  • Then the taxi drives off, taking Grant home to his one-bedroom flat, and his curry, and his quiet evening in front of the telly.
    — Candace Bushnell, Vogue, 23 Feb. 2025
  • Perhaps curling up in front of the telly to binge-watch or meeting someone special for a beverage of your choice.
    — Ed Silverman Reprints, STAT, 7 July 2023
  • Her days unfold to the teakettle’s whistle in the morning and the telly’s lineup of old movies in the afternoon.
    — Danny Heitman, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 May 2024
  • With that in mind, this may be an opportunity to enjoy a flick or two on the telly, meet a fun friend at a whiskey bar, or simply take a few naps.
    — Ed Silverman, STAT, 23 July 2022
  • Meanwhile, there’s a freshness in the air, a Meg Ryan movie on the telly, and sales of pumpkin spice lattes are about to spike.
    — Kerry McDermott, Vogue, 9 Sep. 2024
  • Advertisement A lot of his days have looked like this, being pulled in whichever direction the telly needs him.
    — Tyler R. Tynes, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2023
  • As a Chinese woman growing up in Australia, role models who looked like me on the telly and on the big screen were hard to come by.
    — Maggie Zhou, refinery29.com, 6 Sep. 2021
  • But generally the interviews make for great telly, especially in the last days of an election.
    — Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2019
  • So thank you, ITV, for putting Gary back on the telly for one night only on Saturday.
    — Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 21 June 2026
  • The day after the moon landing brought another one of those interminable afternoons in the front room—nothing on the telly, stale, old-folks’ chat in the air.
    — Kevin Dettmar, The New Yorker, 20 July 2019
  • There will be no vistas of Victorian Era clubhouses beaming through the telly.
    — Matthew Futterman, WSJ, 19 July 2017
  • Feras hasn't just changed the game through his innovative gameplay, he's made his culture proud and represented many people at home who rarely see themselves on the telly.
    — Alexandra Koster, refinery29.com, 19 Mar. 2024
  • At the end of a day filled with the hard work of being an internationally popular pop star, Harry Styles needs to kick up his feet and put something on the telly.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2022
  • Morgan treats the Windsors primarily as media figures—the people watch the Queen on the telly while the Queen watches them back.
    — Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2023

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