- 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
Except, that is, for the whining, the tattling, and those chickens.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 24, 2020
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
“I see. Well, there are other things going on, but relating them might fall more into the category of tattling, which we all hate, so I won’t mention them.”
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
