tattle

Example Sentences

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He accused BBC News of "uncorroborated tittle tattle" in its reporting.

From BBC • Jul. 8, 2025

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

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

“No. The sub was actually pretty nice. She didn’t tattle on me to the principal or anything like that, though she did make me wear those stupid arms until lunchtime.”

From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling