tattle

Example Sentences

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

From BBC • Jul. 8, 2025

But the choice not to tattle on him is simple, and in fact the only straightforward thing about the whole scenario.

From Washington Post • Apr. 5, 2023

“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

To tell would be to tattle, and Shirley refused to tattle even on that giant of a no-friend of hers.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord