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

Don’t worry about coming across like a tattletale.

From Slate • Mar. 19, 2018

The only impulse regular American grown-ups have to this kind of nonsense is to send the stupid little tattletale to his room until he shuts up his whining.

From Washington Times • Oct. 12, 2017

“I think Mila forgot to wash her sweater, that’s why,” she said in a tattletale sort of voice.

From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee