tattling

Example Sentences

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Critics saw the tattling as a shift from mutual aid toward control and branding.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

But back-channeling can also be destructive when it crosses the line into tattling, gossiping, undermining or sowing distrust.

From Washington Post • Feb. 16, 2023

Now, he said, “Bark has taken that piece out of it. The other student doesn’t have to feel like they’re betraying or tattling or anything like that.”

From The Guardian • Oct. 22, 2019

The authors join a pantheon of disgruntled leakers or tattling ex-staffers telling tales of incompetence at the highest executive levels.

From Washington Times • Feb. 13, 2019

The next few minutes were a blur of crying and hollering and tattling and then I found myself sitting in front of Mr. Mason, the principal.

From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor