How to Use tattle in a Sentence
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One time in the fourth grade, a kid said the f-word during recess and someone tattled on him.
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Danielle Friedman,
The Cut,
26 Dec. 2017
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By the sound of it, Pacers ownership lost its cool and, for lack of a better term, tattled.
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Nick Greene,
Slate Magazine,
8 Sep. 2017
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Back with the guys, Garrett’s ready to tattle on Luke P., telling the men that — as expected — Luke was dishonest with them.
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Joyce Chen,
refinery29.com,
20 June 2019
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Turns out some professor just made a funny on Twitter calling Stephens a bedbug (context: the Times has bedbugs) and the latter lost his mind over it and tried to get the poor guy fired by tattling to his provost.
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Michael Andor Brodeur,
BostonGlobe.com,
30 Aug. 2019
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In May, the University of Arizona hired students to tattle on their peers for microaggressions.
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Katherine Timpf,
National Review,
24 Jan. 2018
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Polling his colleagues, Fowler found that sites had tattled to Facebook about their visits to a sperm measurement service, medical insurers and a credit agency.
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Jeff John Roberts,
Fortune,
3 Feb. 2020
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Rather, children’s tattling was entirely focused on informing the victim about the transgression and/or the transgressor.
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Scott Berson,
charlotteobserver,
6 Apr. 2018
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Today, members get called into bishops’ offices because someone tattled about a private Facebook post.
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Sarah Scoles,
Longreads,
8 June 2018
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Little Sheldon is an easily anxious fellow who tattles and condescends.
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Hal Boedeker,
OrlandoSentinel.com,
22 Sep. 2017
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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.
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Michelle Boorstein,
Washington Post,
4 Oct. 2019
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One time in the fourth grade, a kid said the f-word during recess and someone tattled on him.
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Danielle Friedman,
The Cut,
26 Dec. 2017
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By the sound of it, Pacers ownership lost its cool and, for lack of a better term, tattled.
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Nick Greene,
Slate Magazine,
8 Sep. 2017
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Back with the guys, Garrett’s ready to tattle on Luke P., telling the men that — as expected — Luke was dishonest with them.
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Joyce Chen,
refinery29.com,
20 June 2019
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Turns out some professor just made a funny on Twitter calling Stephens a bedbug (context: the Times has bedbugs) and the latter lost his mind over it and tried to get the poor guy fired by tattling to his provost.
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Michael Andor Brodeur,
BostonGlobe.com,
30 Aug. 2019
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In May, the University of Arizona hired students to tattle on their peers for microaggressions.
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Katherine Timpf,
National Review,
24 Jan. 2018
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Polling his colleagues, Fowler found that sites had tattled to Facebook about their visits to a sperm measurement service, medical insurers and a credit agency.
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Jeff John Roberts,
Fortune,
3 Feb. 2020
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Rather, children’s tattling was entirely focused on informing the victim about the transgression and/or the transgressor.
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Scott Berson,
charlotteobserver,
6 Apr. 2018
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Today, members get called into bishops’ offices because someone tattled about a private Facebook post.
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Sarah Scoles,
Longreads,
8 June 2018
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Little Sheldon is an easily anxious fellow who tattles and condescends.
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Hal Boedeker,
OrlandoSentinel.com,
22 Sep. 2017
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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.
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Michelle Boorstein,
Washington Post,
4 Oct. 2019
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Always keeping an eye out for jumpers, watching the tattle-tales, black bungees strung to the lines, which stretched and contracted as fish hit the bugs.
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Author: Brendan Jones,
Alaska Dispatch News,
11 Aug. 2017
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But some of the most salacious tittle-tattle originates from inside the palace.
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K.j. Yossman,
Marie Claire,
5 Sep. 2019
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With all of this tittle-tattle, your lips desperately need some TLC.
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Aliza Kelly Faragher,
Allure,
14 Aug. 2017
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For all her tattle, Mrs. Tittlemouse knew not of the coronavirus pivot.
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Chris Jones,
chicagotribune.com,
11 Oct. 2020
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Google no longer has to worry about Microsoft tattle-telling on its powerful ad business.
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Washington Post,
31 May 2019
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That letter was copied and circulated widely (a common practice in the 1600s), and a copy found its way into the hands of a tattle-tale Dominican friar named Niccolò Lorini.
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Jennifer Ouellette,
Ars Technica,
22 Sep. 2018
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Being the younger sister, naturally Arya threatens to tattle.
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James Hibberd,
PEOPLE.com,
21 Aug. 2017
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Independent thinkers retreat to great books, which never tattle or subtweet or bully or, most importantly, bore you to death.
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Stefan Beck,
Washington Examiner,
1 Apr. 2021
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The following day there was an article in the Washington Post — and instant tittle-tattle everywhere: the president had been planning to meet Solzhenitsyn but had been persuaded not to, and there would only be a lunch with a group of dissidents.
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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn,
National Review,
17 Nov. 2020
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His weekly, Next, which began as a print magazine but now has only a digital edition, writes a lot about celebrities and covers local tittle-tattle, but also provides unstinting support for the protests.
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Andrew Higgins,
New York Times,
23 Aug. 2019
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Related tittle-tattle posited that the company’s new smartwatch would come with its own cellular connectivity.
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Alan Murray,
Fortune,
11 Sep. 2017
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Always keeping an eye out for jumpers, watching the tattle-tales, black bungees strung to the lines, which stretched and contracted as fish hit the bugs.
—
Author: Brendan Jones,
Alaska Dispatch News,
11 Aug. 2017
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But some of the most salacious tittle-tattle originates from inside the palace.
—
K.j. Yossman,
Marie Claire,
5 Sep. 2019
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With all of this tittle-tattle, your lips desperately need some TLC.
—
Aliza Kelly Faragher,
Allure,
14 Aug. 2017
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For all her tattle, Mrs. Tittlemouse knew not of the coronavirus pivot.
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Chris Jones,
chicagotribune.com,
11 Oct. 2020
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Google no longer has to worry about Microsoft tattle-telling on its powerful ad business.
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Washington Post,
31 May 2019
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That letter was copied and circulated widely (a common practice in the 1600s), and a copy found its way into the hands of a tattle-tale Dominican friar named Niccolò Lorini.
—
Jennifer Ouellette,
Ars Technica,
22 Sep. 2018
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Being the younger sister, naturally Arya threatens to tattle.
—
James Hibberd,
PEOPLE.com,
21 Aug. 2017
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Independent thinkers retreat to great books, which never tattle or subtweet or bully or, most importantly, bore you to death.
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Stefan Beck,
Washington Examiner,
1 Apr. 2021
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The following day there was an article in the Washington Post — and instant tittle-tattle everywhere: the president had been planning to meet Solzhenitsyn but had been persuaded not to, and there would only be a lunch with a group of dissidents.
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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn,
National Review,
17 Nov. 2020
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His weekly, Next, which began as a print magazine but now has only a digital edition, writes a lot about celebrities and covers local tittle-tattle, but also provides unstinting support for the protests.
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Andrew Higgins,
New York Times,
23 Aug. 2019
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Related tittle-tattle posited that the company’s new smartwatch would come with its own cellular connectivity.
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Alan Murray,
Fortune,
11 Sep. 2017
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