tattling

Example Sentences

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Michael Freedman, a California defense lawyer, said he has noticed an uptick in incidents of jurors tattling on one another to judges rather than working out their differences in jury rooms.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

In the end, the BSC vanquishes the BSA by, essentially, tattling on them to the town’s parents.

From Slate • Jul. 3, 2020

Now, he said, “Bark has taken that piece out of it. The other student doesn’t have to feel like they’re betraying or tattling or anything like that.”

From The Guardian • Oct. 22, 2019

Priests, seminarians and former seminarians described in interviews a climate of self-censure, with men often tattling on one another and gossiping rather than speaking openly.

From Washington Post • Oct. 3, 2019

“Now before we get into anything, ladies, no scratching, no spitting, and no tattling to Mommy.”

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer