tattle
verb (used without object)
to let out secrets.
was tattling
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past progressiveof tattle.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Pat Sullivan was tattling at this late date because he had finally come to "realize what a wonderful country" Canada is.
From Time Magazine Archive
And Tilda Tattle, the tiresome-tongued, town tale-bearer, could not abide the cat, because it mewed all the time she was tattling.
From Queer Stories for Boys and Girls by Edward Eggleston
I found my friend standing, and, as I was tattling with my former freedom, was formally entreated to sit down; but did not stay to be favoured with any further condescensions.
From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 03 The Rambler, Volume II by Samuel Johnson
He was present—and so was I—when Mrs. Deramore was tattling about it in our house yesterday.
From The Paradise Mystery by J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher
