talebearing

Example Sentences

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Tom rids Rugby of Flashman but a reputation for talebearing turns him overnight from hero into pariah.

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She finds green trees and neighborliness—but also: gossip, spite, talebearing and the town's incessant interest in the most personal affairs of its every inhabitant.

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When the trial recessed over the weekend, Judy's purse had become a symbol of the evil lurking in the kind of overzealous snooping, gossip and talebearing which seemed to be one price of national security.

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She pushed the point that they were a talebearing species.

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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