tattletales
Example Sentences
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People who come forward are called narcs, tattletales and snitches.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026
We live in a culture increasingly at the mercy of tattletales.
From Washington Times • Mar. 17, 2021
Teachers are exceptionally good at dealing with tattletales, and I would not worry about this behavior in Zoom class.
From Slate • Oct. 26, 2020
They are “really articulate tattletales on the thermal history of the body in the way that other things aren’t,” she says—and the implications could be far-reaching.
From Scientific American • Apr. 25, 2019
Sometimes the house servants were the betrayers, they were closest to the masters, known to be tattletales, certain to be rewarded because of their talebearing.
From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry
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