talebearer

Example Sentences

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On the other hand, I abhor a talebearer.

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I don’t wish to be a talebearer, but another of your adoring proteges is in dire trouble.

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The talebearer was taken aback, stammered out a qualification, or begged that no notice might be taken of the statement.

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The spoiled child, the censorious talebearer, the callow, conceited youth must be wrought upon by the beat and play of human life.

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To emphasize these rights and to revenge themselves upon the talebearers who had reported to Queen Blanche, they seized the wives and children of their prisoners, and thrust them into the same overcrowded prison.

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