gossiper

Example Sentences

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With that foot in the door, Ms. Finkel won roles as an extra: a loud gossiper here, an old crone there.

From New York Times • Nov. 7, 2014

Sometimes gossip has more to do with the gossiper: Witness the joy people take in swapping titillating stories.

From Slate • Dec. 5, 2011

When a gossiper is going well he is not necessarily wicked, is often entertaining, sometimes even slightly edifying.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Best you stay away. She’s a nosy gossiper, that one. And the husband fancies himself some kind of educated intellectual. But he’s a mouse. Look at him. Doesn’t he look like a mouse?”

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini

"So—in addition to your other qualities," remarked Ransford, "you're a gossiper?"

From The Paradise Mystery by Fletcher, J. S. (Joseph Smith)