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

All media; corporate media, social media, local media, national media, state media, non-profit, for-profit and the tattletale kid down the street.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2024

But now that she and my 12-year-old son are at home, I think she wasn’t making friends for a reason: She’s a huge tattletale.

From Slate • Oct. 26, 2020

Baby Knox took a couple of sucks off his pacifier before returning to his tattletale meltdown.

From Washington Times • Apr. 28, 2019

I followed her up this very same road, calling her a tattletale.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau