- present participle of tattle.
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
So when another former teammate, Kyle Schwarber, ambled to his locker a few minutes later, Turner feigned the role of tattling little brother.
From Washington Post • Mar. 4, 2023
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
“Now before we get into anything, ladies, no scratching, no spitting, and no tattling to Mommy.”
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
