tattle
verb (used without object)
to let out secrets.
had tattled
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past perfectof tattle.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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From its airfields enemy planes had attacked B-29s and their fields at Saipan; its radar station had tattled to Tokyo whenever B-29s were on the way.
From Time Magazine Archive
Emma felt a little like her own mother had tattled on her.
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Goodness only knew how long it might be now before the wire would be free for the master to reach and warn Bob to keep secret the tidings his brother had tattled to him.
From Walter and the Wireless by William F. (William Frederick) Stecher
As for the young clerk, he had tattled about certain peculiarities of his superiors, and Monsieur Sordeville took care that they were informed.
From Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 by Charles Paul de Kock
He had tattled about her—worse, about her father.
From The Poor Little Rich Girl by Eleanor Gates
