Example Sentences

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As attendees roamed the corridors of the suburban Dallas resort and gossiped over drinks in the faux-adobe sports bar, there was no sense of a coming contest.

From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026

Because the home has been staged, buyers won’t be able to sit at the very kitchen table where the Kardashian clan gossiped over salads, or the poolside lounges where they often sunned themselves.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 17, 2026

Busy markets sold butchered meats and fast-wilting vegetables, horse carts clattered, children shouted, and men and women gossiped in coffeehouses and read from printed newspapers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

Its bar was popular with politicians, security officers and civil servants who gossiped as they sipped their beer after work.

From BBC • Jul. 14, 2024

The parade of villagers laughed and gossiped out of the village and along the Old North Road.

From "The Midwife's Apprentice" by Karen Cushman