tattle
verb (used without object)
to let out secrets.
had been tattling
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past perfect progressiveof tattle.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Neighbor Pietzker, the good man with the nightcap, had been tattling again, though with better intentions than usual.
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 by Various
He would consider that she had been tattling secrets just because she could not hold her tongue, and she resented in advance his attitude.
From The Lookout Man by B. M. Bower
He had heard of some little children that had been tattling about him, and he had heard that the children in the tent of Waubenoo had told about his visit.
From Algonquin Indian Tales by Egerton Ryerson Young
