tattletale
Example Sentences
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Danielle Spencer, the former child star who played sassy tattletale Dee Thomas on the 1970s sitcom “What’s Happening!!,” has died.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 12, 2025
You can avoid being branded a tattletale or flirt or a traitor.
From Salon • Sep. 20, 2019
Can you imagine what a tattletale crybaby he must have been at home?
From Washington Times • Apr. 28, 2019
Our bosses love her and are thrilled she’s doing nonprofit work, so I’m afraid if I bring it up to them I’ll seem like a childish tattletale.
From Slate • Jul. 6, 2016
With an extravagant bow, the tattletale removed herself.
From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord
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