Examples of 'what we were told' in a sentence

Meaning of "what we were told"

The phrase 'what we were told' refers to the information, instructions, or statements that were given or communicated to someone in the past. It implies that the information mentioned is based on what was previously conveyed or shared with the speaker and potentially others. The phrase suggests that the speaker is considering or referring to the information received when discussing a specific topic or situation

How to use "what we were told" in a sentence

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what we were told
This contradicts what we were told at the time.
We are surprised to see the opposite of what we were told.
We have been doing what we were told our entire lives.
What we were told does not appear to be the truth.
But that is not what we were told yesterday.
We were young when we went out there and we trusted what we were told.
Is exactly what we were told to do in your freshman address.
The day before yesterday is what we were told.
We believed what we were told and what was presented.
We just got paid to do what we were told.
It was not what we were told by the surgeon at first.
All we did was do what we were told.
This is what we were told by the recruiting officers.
We should have done what we were told to do.
This is what we were told three days ago in the prison.

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We have written what we were told.
This is what we were told by the local police.
There is strong evidence that what we were told.
We believed what we were told without verifying.
We are taught to think beyond what we were told.
We only know what we were told to believe.
It was just a matter of doing what we were told.
That is what we were told by your officials.
All we can do is do what we were told.
Not all of what we were told to believe in childhood is true.
Freedom is not exactly what we were told.
That is what we were told yesterday.
He was your boyfriend is what we were told.
We may do what we were told not to.
Let us tell the cops that we just did what we were told to do.
Rather than what we were told to believe.
Nothing that we were blown away or worry about what we were told.
Perhaps a year is what we were told at the time.
We were trained in school to follow the rules and do what we were told.
It was a far cry from what we were told to believe.
What we were told to believe.
I have referred to what we were told four years ago.
What we were told is false.
At least that is what we were told at first.
What we were told was the information age turned out to be the data age.
Consistent with what we were told.
We did what we were told to do at the start.
We only printed what we were told.
Of what we were told.
And we just did what we were told.
This is what we were told by members of the Council.
Yet that was small beer next to what we were told was coming.
Because that is what we were told Pictures he probably had never seen before.
Never listening to what we were told.
What we were told and what I believed was that she had maybe stolen materials.

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