gossiping

Example Sentences

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I felt like he was gossiping about me to a lot of people, and during one review, it became clear that he was.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 28, 2026

"Avoid gossiping and talking about your friend or about their partner to others who could whip up hysteria," Shaheen-Zaffar tells the BBC.

From BBC • Dec. 5, 2025

It was lunchtime, and this Chili’s in suburban Dallas was hopping: office friends gossiping, parents eating chips and salsa, their kids gaming on Chili’s-branded Ziosk tablets.

From Slate • Aug. 11, 2025

A few beats later, she slides in gossiping about Laurie’s menace of a kid and gnarly divorce.

From Salon • Mar. 10, 2025

I never realized, though, that by hiding him away from this gossiping, judgmental world, I ensured that my son would emerge shrouded in worse suspicion than I ever endured.

From "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" by J.K. Rowling