tattle

Example Sentences

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It has morphed into a broader movement and mind-set encouraging people to tattle on one another to the courts or the state — with grave consequences.

From Washington Post • Jun. 6, 2022

“If Walls Could Talk” they might tattle on the home healthcare worker a woman hires to look after her widowed mother in this new TV movie.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2022

DUP Economy Minister Gordon Lyons said questions on whether his leader considered switching were "tittle tattle".

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2022

And if you have to dig out the recipes again in June, well, I'm not about to tattle on you.

From Salon • Dec. 20, 2021

“Or what? No teacher to tattle to this summer.”

From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson