Example Sentences
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In “American Dreams,” Julia Alvarez recalls a childhood candy store and its “tinkling bell that tattled I was coming in the door.”
From Washington Post ● Jan. 2, 2019
A disgruntled Congressional Country Club member tattled on the course for removing too many trees.
From Golf Digest ● Oct. 16, 2018
Whoever tattled about someone’s private health condition should be ashamed.
From Slate ● Jan. 26, 2015
I believe I tattled as much on me as anybody else.
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2013
“Who tattled? Tell me. Someone is on to us.”
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
