Example Sentences

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Simone now knew she had ratted him out.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 16, 2022

So, of course, punk as any eight-year-old, Earl had ratted this cousin out.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 28, 2019

But to Shrimp Boy’s dismay, by the time the first of his two cases reached trial, in 1995, many of his associates had ratted him out.

From New York Times • Oct. 13, 2015

He was angry that Guest, someone he knew, had ratted on him.

From Washington Post • Jan. 10, 2015

Okay, apparently that girl had ratted him out.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken