tattletale

Example Sentences

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Danielle Spencer, the former child star who played sassy tattletale Dee Thomas on the 1970s sitcom “What’s Happening!!,” has died.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 12, 2025

He has established a tattletale line to complain about teachers.

From Washington Post • Apr. 30, 2022

But now that she and my 12-year-old son are at home, I think she wasn’t making friends for a reason: She’s a huge tattletale.

From Slate • Oct. 26, 2020

You can avoid being branded a tattletale or flirt or a traitor.

From Salon • Sep. 20, 2019

This wouldn’t be so bad if Mr. Dussel weren’t such a tattletale and hadn’t singled out Mother to be the recipient of his reports.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank