Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tittle-tattling
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The quick clip begins from a dog’s POV, with the sound of paws running on the ground and an occasional bark in the background.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
8 June 2026 -
If an attacker needs code running on your Mac first, a fake app can become the front door.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
1 June 2026
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But there’s something more than trolling at work, something elemental in the response to Scranton.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 May 2026
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Transducer mounting options include trolling motor mounts, turrets, and manual pole mounts.—
Chad Morgenthaler,
Outdoor Life,
13 May 2026
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The interview was interrupted multiple times because of rain pattering against the barn roof where it was being held.—
Emily Chang,
ABC News,
7 June 2026
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Benito finds community with the like-minded Pleneros de la Cresta, who have been playing the island’s pattering folk music for over a decade.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
2 Dec. 2025
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Last season Hustus handled more than 16,000 lobsters all while chatting animatedly with visitors from around the world—and often introducing them to their first tastes of lobster.—
Arati Menon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 June 2026
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Attendees seemed keen to squeeze as much networking as possible out of the gala, often chatting with their associates and neighbors during speakers’ remarks.—
Jared Perlo,
NBC news,
6 June 2026
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Wednesday evening, dozens crowded into the community room of a local church, chattering in Spanish and English in the fading light of day as part of a forum on the upcoming ICE facility.—
Luis Melecio-Zambrano,
Mercury News,
28 May 2026
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But a chattering bird builds no nest!—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
14 May 2026
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The uncertainty is not only rattling European allies worried about the message being sent to Russia, but also risks hurting morale among American troops -- some of whom had their rotations canceled shortly before departure -- and comes as the Army budget is already strained.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 June 2026
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Tthere’s fiddle and harmonica in the mix and the percussion covers everything from a rattling train car sound to a rampaging elephant.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
4 June 2026
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Each treatment villa creates a moment—opening up onto a bespoke, private slice of babbling brook and lush jungle, the sounds of which perfectly underscore any massage.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
6 May 2026
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The key to the program is the devices inside the vests, which recognize the pitch of a child speaking or a baby babbling and the pitch of an adult and capture when an adult speaks and a child or baby responds or vice versa.—
Michael Cuglietta,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 Apr. 2026
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In the end, despite the early promise and intrigue, The Boroughs is just another bland, unsatisfying Netflix Original series limping and sputtering to its foregone conclusion.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
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Their side hustle is sputtering toward some sort of finish line, the Saudi’s Public Investment Fund having pulled the cashflow that made LIV so appealing in the first place.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
14 May 2026
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“Tittle-tattling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tittle-tattling. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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