tittle-tattle

Example Sentences

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The gossip columns have a field day and can't believe their luck that such a rich seam of tittle-tattle is laid out on a platter for them.

From BBC • Dec. 18, 2014

It was hard to take a news holiday, over Thanksgiving, what with the protests in Ferguson, the live updates, the streaming commentary, the instant video, the on-the-spot reporting, and the tittle-tattle of Twitter.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 3, 2014

Mr. McDonagh has a peerless gift for locating the mythologizing in small-town tittle-tattle, and the liturgical cadences in repeated phrases and actions.

From New York Times • Jun. 27, 2013

I let Susan talk me through every rumour, assumption and piece of half-digested tittle-tattle on how 18-year-old Jessica Currin had met her death, each one more unlikely or unprovable than the last.

From BBC • May 17, 2013

‘Your uncle does not want gossip and tittle-tattle over breakfast,’ she said tightly.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler