: characterized by, full of, or given to gossip
a gossipy letter
gossipy neighbors
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Examples of gossipy in a Sentence
this book on the people who have occupied the White House is a little too gossipy to qualify as serious history
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Her personal life became gossipy sport for the public.
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Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 19 Apr. 2024
Sometimes the engineers sever the sound from the live room so the musicians can’t hear their gossipy banter.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 18 Apr. 2024
The addictive, oh-so gossipy seven-part standalone series is one bawdy affair with numerous bodies in all sorts of action.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2024
Just as no facts are ever enough to satisfy conspiracy theorists, no amount of information is ever enough to quench the online gossipy thirst about the royal family.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2024
But gossipy bits — including Frank Sinatra taking a shine to her — get sprinkled into this compelling documentary.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2024
Voula is the queen of oversharing Toula's aunt Voula may be the most gossipy, annoying member of the Portokalos family, and don't worry, that will continue in the third film.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 7 Sep. 2023
Instead of the dour, moralistic tales that were considered appropriate nursery fare at the time, Dodgson served up absurdist takes on Victorian England’s polite tea parties, its eccentric dons, its gossipy news stories, its popular poems, songs, dances, and parlor games.
—Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 28 Feb. 2024
However, when rumors abound regarding Pema’s pregnancy (which the gossipy townsfolk attribute to Dawa’s schoolteacher), news of Tasha abandoning his post reaches Pema, spurring on her journey across the rural landscape with Karma’s help.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 23 Feb. 2024
Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 19 Apr. 2024
Sometimes the engineers sever the sound from the live room so the musicians can’t hear their gossipy banter.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 18 Apr. 2024
The addictive, oh-so gossipy seven-part standalone series is one bawdy affair with numerous bodies in all sorts of action.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2024
Just as no facts are ever enough to satisfy conspiracy theorists, no amount of information is ever enough to quench the online gossipy thirst about the royal family.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2024
But gossipy bits — including Frank Sinatra taking a shine to her — get sprinkled into this compelling documentary.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2024
Voula is the queen of oversharing Toula's aunt Voula may be the most gossipy, annoying member of the Portokalos family, and don't worry, that will continue in the third film.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 7 Sep. 2023
Instead of the dour, moralistic tales that were considered appropriate nursery fare at the time, Dodgson served up absurdist takes on Victorian England’s polite tea parties, its eccentric dons, its gossipy news stories, its popular poems, songs, dances, and parlor games.
—Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 28 Feb. 2024
However, when rumors abound regarding Pema’s pregnancy (which the gossipy townsfolk attribute to Dawa’s schoolteacher), news of Tasha abandoning his post reaches Pema, spurring on her journey across the rural landscape with Karma’s help.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 23 Feb. 2024
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“Gossipy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gossipy. Accessed 2 May. 2024.
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