| 单词 | tattling |
| 例句 | I do not do a lot of tattling. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z “Now before we get into anything, ladies, no scratching, no spitting, and no tattling to Mommy.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The next few minutes were a blur of crying and hollering and tattling and then I found myself sitting in front of Mr. Mason, the principal. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Our family took a dim view of snitching and tattling. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z And anyhow, I thought, tattling to his mom would probably backfire. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z As long as you shift this from a tattling problem to a connection problem, you will find your answer. Perspective | Two siblings tattle all the time. Is there a way to make it stop? 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z Chronic tattling tells me that your kids are conditioned to getting your attention. Perspective | Two siblings tattle all the time. Is there a way to make it stop? 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z Will it be perfect and stop all the tattling? Perspective | Two siblings tattle all the time. Is there a way to make it stop? 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z Throughout the past year, American society responded to political upheaval and biological peril by turning to an age-old tactic for keeping rule breakers in check: tattling. The Season of the Snitch 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z A: Nothing gets under a parent’s skin like tattling. Perspective | Two siblings tattle all the time. Is there a way to make it stop? 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z Left to their own devices, even the most well-behaved children will dissolve into disagreements and tattling. Perspective | Two siblings tattle all the time. Is there a way to make it stop? 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z Now you find rumors about the marriage breakup and snarky tattling on the show. The ?Housewives? and the Husband Who Wishes He?d Said No 2010-08-27T21:31:00Z But chronic tattling means we must look at the children, and our parenting life, a bit differently. Perspective | Two siblings tattle all the time. Is there a way to make it stop? 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z Q: Help me manage the tattling in our home. Perspective | Two siblings tattle all the time. Is there a way to make it stop? 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z Ignoring them or angrily walking away is making the tattling worse. Perspective | Two siblings tattle all the time. Is there a way to make it stop? 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z And when we mire ourselves in the details, we are fulfilling the fundamental need that tattling is seeking: belonging and attention. Perspective | Two siblings tattle all the time. Is there a way to make it stop? 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z Mom or Dad walking away in anger leads to panic, which leads to more insecurity, which leads to more whining and tattling. Perspective | Two siblings tattle all the time. Is there a way to make it stop? 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z Take a look at the issues that may not seem to directly affect the tattling. Perspective | Two siblings tattle all the time. Is there a way to make it stop? 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z And he had to roll the dice that I would not bother him, that I wouldn’t be #MetroMonica, tattling on him to the police. Perspective | The point we’re missing about ‘BBQ Becky’ and her sisters 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z If this means whining and tattling and getting in trouble, so be it. Perspective | Two siblings tattle all the time. Is there a way to make it stop? 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z To some extent, there is a natural competition between children in a house, and one of the ways it is expressed is through tattling. Perspective | Two siblings tattle all the time. Is there a way to make it stop? 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z Finally, when up against someone who’s creating a bottleneck, lateral pressure is less damaging than tattling. Work Advice: How to engage remote colleagues when asking nicely doesn’t work 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z If you ignore the tattling, the children up the ante, becoming louder and angrier. Perspective | Two siblings tattle all the time. Is there a way to make it stop? 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z The volume explores how the potters, while often tattling on each other, produced thick-walled tableware with Germanic-inspired folk floral patterns, as well as bricks, dolls, stove tiles, tobacco pipes and store signs. 2010-01-15T06:40:00Z So when another former teammate, Kyle Schwarber, ambled to his locker a few minutes later, Turner feigned the role of tattling little brother. Trea Turner, reunited with old friends, slides into place with the Phillies 2023-03-04T05:00:00Z But back-channeling can also be destructive when it crosses the line into tattling, gossiping, undermining or sowing distrust. Advice | Work Advice: My boss is a back-channeling bully 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z We must not endorse “tattling on our neighbors” to collect money. Opinion | An indictment of democracy in Texas 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z It offered phone, app and website options for tattling on anyone caught “twisting” party history, criticizing party leaders, ideology or policy, “smearing” heroes and martyrs, or speaking negatively of China’s traditional, revolutionary or modern culture. He tried to commemorate erased history. China detained him, then erased that too 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z Except, that is, for the whining, the tattling, and those chickens. A comfy chair, a locked door, an old record. Covid Thanksgiving inspires new reasons for gratitude. 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z “I don’t really like that. It sounds to me more like tattling,” Sandefur said. Most Americans are not willing or able to use an app tracking coronavirus infections. That’s a problem for Big Tech’s plan to slow the pandemic. 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z “Are you going to rely on people tattling on their neighbors?” Frustrated Airbnb hosts wait for D.C. to explain new regulations 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z Now, he said, “Bark has taken that piece out of it. The other student doesn’t have to feel like they’re betraying or tattling or anything like that.” Under digital surveillance: how American schools spy on millions of kids 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z Priests, seminarians and former seminarians described in interviews a climate of self-censure, with men often tattling on one another and gossiping rather than speaking openly. Catholic seminarians are newly speaking out about sexual misconduct — and being shunned as a result 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z Petula Dvorak’s May 21 Metro column, “Citizen tattling is D.C.’s worst idea ever,” was filled with scary scenarios about citizen reporting. Opinion | This isn’t D.C.’s worst idea ever. A form of citizen reporting already works. 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z The scars and resentments of this kind of citizen tattling run three generations deep in my family, when the communist regime in Czechoslovakia corrupted families and communities with Little Brother tactics. Perspective | D.C.’s worst idea ever: Giving regular people the power to issue parking tickets 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z The Angels’ front office is desperate for legitimacy and relevance when they resort to tattling on Bryce Harper for his comments regarding Mike Trout. Letters: The Lakers, LeBron James and another long offseason ahead 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z The authors join a pantheon of disgruntled leakers or tattling ex-staffers telling tales of incompetence at the highest executive levels. Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z This means no bickering, griping, pouting or tattling. Conflict-fearing manager must buck up and deal with workplace drama | Produced by Advertising Publications 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z And that’s worth fighting for, if only so we can trash-talk Google Glass in the privacy of our own homes, without our Google Assistant tattling on us. Why we can’t stop debating whether Facebook sells data 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z This devolved into a debate about baseless tattling on posters who have opinions that differ from your own. Rescued sacrificial rooster terrorizes a Miami neighborhood 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z Sometimes tattling is all that keeps danger at bay. Blessed be the tattletales in the Trump White House 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z Already the government encourages tattling by camera-toting bounty hunters who collect evidence of petty crimes as well as serious infractions like bribery. South Korea’s Whistle-Blowers Sound Off at Their Own Risk 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z You’ll also unlock special abilities that let you flex your new muscle, say buying off cops, calling in hit squads or cutting phone lines at crime scenes to thwart tattling witnesses. Review: 'Mafia 3' Squanders One of the Year's Best Stories on Stale Gameplay 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z James's whining afterwards was just taking something that should have stayed on the floor and tattling to the league. Warriors’ Draymond Green Suspended for Game 5 After LeBron James Episode 2016-06-12T04:00:00Z But unlike Reiner, she opposed the Airbnb measure, saying she didn’t like “the idea that neighbors are tattling on each other” and that it would place undue burdens on San Francisco’s Planning Department. Airbnb fight: San Franciscans ponder housing, housing and housing on ballot 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z Moreover, there’d be little real enforcement beyond neighbors tattling on each other. A green plan’s weak roots 2015-09-26T04:00:00Z Now there are hotlines for tattling on profligate neighbors and websites where photos of verdant landscapes are posted for public scorn. They've Seen Lots of Droughts, But This One's Different 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z An earlier whistle-blower provision was an almost complete failure because it was limited to insider trading, an area that doesn’t naturally lend itself to uninvolved parties tattling on the wrongdoing of others. Tattletales Embraced as Whistle-Blower Programs Gain Support 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z Using apps like Flywheel is a way for taxis to fight fire with fire instead of tattling, however justified it might seem. Taxi Drivers Are Using Apps to Disrupt the Disruptors 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z Some drought-conscious Californians have turned not only to tattling, but also to an age-old strategy to persuade friends and neighbors to cut back: shaming. Californians Keep Up With Joneses’ Water Use 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z A funny story, one of my daughters was tattling on her brother to me. Back at my other home, with the children 2012-11-05T18:17:01Z Kids often think that if they talk to an adult, they are tattling. Local kids aim to combat bullying before it starts 2012-10-26T14:43:46Z The bigger the brand, the greater the likelihood for social "tattling," because who doesn't like to see a giant brand goof up these days? Uh-Oh: Customer Service Matters More Now 2012-05-25T15:05:09Z One clerk had been discharged from Mr. Fauntleroy's office six months before, some tattling having been traced back to him; but Omer was of a silent nature, and cautious besides. Mildred Arkell, Volume II (of 3) A Novel 2012-04-06T02:00:29.933Z William knew this well; and, when he was informed, that Halifax was asking for the Doctor, could not refrain from exclaiming, ‘If they get together, there will be fine tattling.’ Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z It’s tattling if it’s done to hurt another person, reporting if it’s done to prevent someone else from getting hurt, Ludwig said. Big Bird?s problems a centerpiece for ?Sesame Street? anti-bullying campaign 2011-10-13T20:23:09Z The tattling world would instantly unite—or calumniate us. The Wanderer (Volume 2 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:26.867Z In Elizabeth, children, including kindergartners, will spend six class periods learning, among other things, the difference between telling and tattling. Bullying Law Puts New Jersey Schools on Spot 2011-08-31T04:29:07Z There is chattering and tattling where you think you can do so unpunished, and many things are whispered into the ears of the visitors which afterwards goes as false rumors through the world! On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z Being so near down there, my people hear everything at Gatley, and though I don’t encourage tattling, I can’t help hearing a lot about my beautiful brothers-in-law, and yours too if you like.” Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family 2011-07-08T02:00:20.557Z The latter, we have been informed, was on one occasion called to a severe account for his tattling propensities. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z You can beat up on each other by grabbing, scratching, teasing or tattling on your opponents. Before Answering 'Call of Duty,' Social Gamers Flocked To A 'Sissyfight' 2011-06-06T13:11:22Z He had just received the emphatic warning against "tattling." Told In The Hills 2011-05-30T02:00:15.530Z They had first captured a hapless Englishman who had strayed from the barge against Smith's orders, and who did not help matters by tattling that Smith was at large. The Pocahontas-John Smith Story 2011-04-15T02:00:20.537Z There is but a very small proportion of the tattling, backbiting and criticisms on character, usually found in neighborhoods of as many families. History of American Socialisms 2011-03-28T02:00:20.967Z "Confound you! how sharp you are," said Mr. Hinchford a little dismayed; "no, I never said so—mind I never said a word, so don't let us have any ridiculous tattling." Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 1 of 3) 2011-02-17T03:00:17.787Z They sent commissioners of inquiry to give them more trustworthy information than they could get from the despatches of the deputies or the tattling intriguers of the Pale. Irish History and the Irish Question 2011-01-16T03:00:22.640Z Sometimes—especially in cases where the money has been spent—the evil result of tattling consists in there being no further favours of the sort. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z This isn't about tattling on some other child and saying, "This kid is mean." Bullying Among Girls: Child Experts Give Tips to Parents 2010-08-25T08:00:00Z Judge of the effect if you had spoken thus of her before tattling people! The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 4 of 6 Huh! if I had long to live you don't think I'd keep on here in this rotten, tattling town, do you? The Cottage of Delight A Novel One night you will lie down, and, into your horrid, tattling mouth, I will pour, as you sleep, a something which will prevent you from ever rising. The Way of the Gods But she had gone away in a fit of displeasure, occasioned, also, by the tattling of Rosamond. Stories for Helen She was like a boy in many ways: frank, direct, and scornful of tattling; so now she stood silent while the lady waited, perplexed by what seemed to be an obstinate refusal to answer. Bee and Butterfly A Tale of Two Cousins "This is once when you won't go tattling to the police or to that father of yours!" Penny Nichols and the Black Imp Go now; I am cruel to you in keeping you like this, placing you at the mercy of even your groom’s tattling tongue. The Sapphire Cross These words imply, according to the received sense, a tattling, impertinent, vain, and conceited creature.... Women of England "That sneak been tattling and crying for help, eh?" sneered Williams. Jimmy Kirkland and the Plot for a Pennant Thus folly, like gunpowder, runs in a train from one generation to another, preserved and conveyed by the perpetual tradition of tattling gossips. Apparitions; or, The Mystery of Ghosts, Hobgoblins, and Haunted Houses Developed "Did she go round tattling in the servants' hall?" cried the heiress, quivering with rage. Kidnapped at the Altar or, The Romance of that Saucy Jessie Bain Let them once get tattling in their parlours, and it’s death to me. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XV It was a merry war, all right, while it lasted--scheming and squabbling and backbiting and tattling and corrupting servants to carry tales--all that sort of thing. Nobody She looked up to him with a flash of her eyes—those eyes were worse than a loose tongue for tattling—and said:— "That is true." A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties You wrong me much, madam:—some tattling gossip or designing knave, has whispered some falsehood to my prejudice;—probably my rival,—Mr. Worthnought. The Politician Out-Witted How easy 'tis To cheat this busy, tattling, censuring world! The Prince of Parthia A Tragedy "We had no idea of tattling on you, but it seems you have taken a lot of trouble to bother us, since we came," retorted Cleo. The Girl Scouts at Sea Crest Or, the Wig Wag Rescue Blue-beard's wife afforded much diversion, and lost all sympathy the moment she was represented as a curious, tattling, timid, ridiculous woman. Practical Education, Volume II It would be just as bad as any kind of tattling.” Turn About Eleanor He records a tattling neighbor's gossip that she was not a good housekeeper. William Penn No, she wouldn't castigate old Major Roper for tattling, and at the same time cross-examine him for her own purposes. Somehow Good In short, Lagrange was the bane of my existence, and I secretly swore to be terribly revenged upon him for his tattling propensities. Venus in Boston; A Romance of City Life "Who have been tattling to you about what don't concern them?" Little Folks (December 1884) A Magazine for the Young Now he brought a rumour of Xerxes’s progress, now a bit of Bias’s tattling about his master. A Victor of Salamis Well, I don't want to do him any real harm," growled Shalleg, "but I'm going to put him out of the game, just as I was kept out of it by his tattling tongue. Baseball Joe in the Big League or, A Young Pitcher's Hardest Struggles "Just saying where you've seen a person isn't tattling, is it, Mother?" Jerry's Charge Account I do not wish my hearers to believe I would countenance news-carrying or tattling. Elizabeth Hobart at Exeter Hall Here too a terror being spread, By what this tattling gossip said, She slily to her kittens stole, And rested snug within her hole. The Fables of Phædrus Literally translated into English prose with notes Consequently, fair stand-up fights were winked at, and anything like tattling or tale-bearing sternly discouraged. Bert Lloyd's Boyhood A Story from Nova Scotia The confounded sneak comes tattling to you, does he?” The Queen's Scarlet The Adventures and Misadventures of Sir Richard Frayne A tattling courtier, recalling a faux pas of the last queen, and desiring no more scandals, reported that the princess had been seen to smile on the youngster. Myths & Legends of our New Possessions & Protectorate Bachelors were under the special spying and tattling supervision of the constable, the watchman, and the tithingman, who, like Pliable in Pilgrim's Progress, sat sneaking among his neighbors and reported their "scirscumstances and conuersation." Customs and Fashions in Old New England Next came the flutes and harps, and after them a new song, "I am of a silent disposition, I never tell what I see, I spoil not the sweetness of my fruits with vain tattling." The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt Coward or no, I’m not going to prove my courage for the sake of gratifying busy tattling people. A Terrible Coward You don't hear Davy tattling, but other folks are not so particular. Janet of the Dunes Neither evinced any disposition to discipline the "tattling dame." Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898 The tattling, tiresome-tongued, town tale-bearer talked about a good many things that she might say, if she wanted to, and she did say that the deacon and his wife did not get on like angels. Queer Stories for Boys and Girls Not to be influenced by, or give ear to, knavish tattling servants, or others. Irish Wit and Humor Anecdote Biography of Swift, Curran, O'Leary and O'Connell No tattling breeze carried to the ears of the ladies the comments spoken by Burr as he stood in the moonlight on the roof of the vessel, beside Arlington. A Dream of Empire Or, The House of Blennerhassett The mate tattling to the cabin boy, and both peaching on the poor sentry, who is, I dare say, more trusty than either one of you two. Ralph Granger's Fortunes As many feathers as her form surround, Strange sight! peep forth so many watchful eyes, So many mouths and tattling tongues resound, So many ears among the plumes uprise. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor The delicate maid entrusts her companion with the sorrows of her breast: the tattling parrot or imitative starling repeats her words, and they find an hospitable welcome in the ears of the fortunate. Tales from the Hindu Dramatists On account of a tattling world; for the sake of my—of our child, I would remain by you, Raymond, share your fortunes, partake your counsel. The Last Man I am one of that kind that don't believe in making mischief, and if there's anything I do dispise, its tattling about my neighbors. Clemence The Schoolmistress of Waveland When Nutter turned round, the boy—a sharp, tattling vagabond, he knew him well—was reading a printed card he had picked up from the floor, with the impress of Nutter's hob-nailed tread upon it. The House by the Church-Yard Probably the most obnoxious type is the tattling talker. Talks on Talking "What a tattling face is mine," he said, "Is her name written there also?" The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt But she was a woman who lived very much at home, and, in fact, cared little for tattling. The Bread-winners A Social Study Ducie was not a curious, tattling, meddlesome woman; Charlotte had never known her to interfere in any one's affairs. The Squire of Sandal-Side A Pastoral Romance He was a noble-minded, manly youth, and had all a boy's detestation for tattling and tale-bearing. Outward Bound Or, Young America Afloat "Some of the jealous girls have been tattling to each other and mentioning names." The Day of the Beast He would consider that she had been tattling secrets just because she could not hold her tongue, and she resented in advance his attitude. The Lookout Man You've no business sneaking about in the woods, disturbing us wood folk, and spying on us and tattling about us. The Magic Speech Flower or Little Luke and His Animal Friends Neighbor Pietzker, the good man with the nightcap, had been tattling again, though with better intentions than usual. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 Though an enemy to all tattling and gossip, still this is of importance to us; so I shall write to her, and also give her letter to me to Herr A.S. Beethoven's Letters 1790-1826, Volume 2 There's been no tattling here, as you shall see. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 09 Friedrich Hebbel and Otto Ludwig I think it not unlikely that she would go on telling her tattling story just the same. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 44, June, 1861 Creator As for spying and tattling," Ko-ko-ka went on, "you are the worst of all the wild folk. The Magic Speech Flower or Little Luke and His Animal Friends "You have then already the reputation of one who knows how to use his tongue well, and goes about tattling with it." The Merchant of Berlin An Historical Novel Presently come your brother and his tattling lords. Chivalry He had been the one to blame in the case, yet for the rebuffs he had brought upon himself, went tattling to my grandmother. My Brilliant Career 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. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 03 The Rambler, Volume II It was the first of your tribe, as all the wood folk know, who, with his tattling; tongue, set Mal-sum the Wicked Wolf trying to kill Gloos-cap the Good. The Magic Speech Flower or Little Luke and His Animal Friends The former was the widow of a substantial farmer, a narrow-minded, tattling old gossip, whose character is not worth describing. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Let them once get tattling in their parlours, and it's death to me. Plays of William E. Henley and R.L. Stevenson Not that they've had the nerve to do much tattling to me, but they've hinted around a lot, and anyway, I could see for myself that you liked him. Main Street She asked me if ever I had found her tattling to me of other people's affairs, and how could I suspect her? The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders Their masters often flogged them for tattling, but it did little or no good. The Magic Speech Flower or Little Luke and His Animal Friends If the tattling tribe were all awake and listening," replied Eudora, "I would freely give them leave to report all I say against Astronomy, or Poetry, or Music. Philothea A Grecian Romance It is not a race, then, for priority of information, but for precedence in tattling and dogmatising. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 267, August 4, 1827 They were not worthy of condemnation if they were going from house to house and tattling. The Woman's Bible It was the older-style pharmacy, with a gilt mortar and pestle for a sign; and as she entered, a bell attached by a pulley rang somewhere in a thin, tattling voice. Star-Dust Many times Man-e-do caught the dog tattling, and scolded and beat him for it, but it did no good. The Magic Speech Flower or Little Luke and His Animal Friends What, have you not yet done your foolish tattling With that froward heretic! A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 "A warm embrace, from the love spots it left on your cuticle; 'tis a thousand pities that you cannot find where the tattling rascal lies hid." The Spy Also he had established for himself an alibi of a kind, if ever he should be accused of tattling about affairs in the cabin. The Mutineers Then bitterly I execrated the reporters, and the gossipers, and the letter-writing misses, whose tattling, and meddling, and idleness, and exaggeration, and absolute falsehood, had precipitated me into this misery. Tales and Novels — Volume 09 You see, he thought that at last he had broken the dog of his tattling. The Magic Speech Flower or Little Luke and His Animal Friends It was difficult of access to friends; and the neighbours were a little too tattling and inquisitive. Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey Something more, methinks, than the mere tattling, gossiping, inquisitive propensity in the way in which she introduces you into conversation. Jane Talbot He preserved an impenetrable silence as to his intentions, and simply sealed the young man's lips from tattling about the plot or the interview with him. Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts "No fear of my tattling," and the boy smiled curiously to himself as he bent over the book, polishing the brassbound cover. The Mysterious Key and What It Opened Not for worlds would she just then have admitted, even to herself, that the cause of her dislike was her knowledge of his habit of tattling, with suitable embroideries, his lessons to me. The Deluge I could scarcely get near to the spring though I rose before dawn, What with tattling of tongues and rattling of pitchers in one jostling din With slaves pushing in!.... Lysistrata Her great bitterness was that Ida had called her false, denounced her hypocrisy and duplicity, reviled her spying and tattling, her lying and grovelling to Sir Claude. What Maisie Knew There is no parallel to the prying, tattling, backbiting littleness of the place elsewhere in the world. Venetian Life It was that strange instinct which makes criminals of every degree feel that no crime is so low but that tattling on it is a degree lower. We Can't Have Everything He had heard of some little children that had been tattling about him, and he had heard that the children in the tent of Waubenoo had told about his visit. Algonquin Indian Tales He introduces a "sewing-bee" of tattling women, one of whom happens to be a stranger to the town, and unfamiliar with its gossip. Play-Making A Manual of Craftsmanship She leaves tattling to the gossips of the town, and is more seen than heard. Character Writings of the 17th Century Such is an epitome of the kitchen gossip concerning Mr. Marrapit; it is wholesome to be away from such tattling, and personally to approach the lawn whereon its subject sits. Once Aboard the Lugger Though we called it tattling ten years ago. Out of the Primitive I cannot afford to despise myself for tattling out of petty jealousy. Senator North They are not quite so artless in their conventionality, for they bring with them the social atmosphere of the tattling little town, which is an essential factor in the drama. Play-Making A Manual of Craftsmanship He was present—and so was I—when Mrs. Deramore was tattling about it in our house yesterday. The Paradise Mystery He had the same excited love of tattling as a thoughtless girl, and the animal love of enjoyment of a sailor after a long voyage. The Malady of the Century Thanks to Martha's ineradicable tattling, the news that the Professor had gone to discover a way to the centre of the earth had spread over the whole civilised world. A Journey to the Interior of the Earth No, ma'am, he never makes mistakes; it is not his way to go gossiping and tattling; he never tells anything till he's asked, and then it's fit he should. The Parent's Assistant When this mental contagion is understood, we shall be more careful of our mental con- 153:30 ditions and we shall avoid loquacious tattling about disease, as we would avoid advocating crime. Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures What HAD the creature been nodding and ducketing about?—those whisperings, that tattling? The Return They now all agreed that he could not do less than bestow himself as a reward upon the "pretty little school ma'am," as some of the tattling genus persisted in calling Miss Burton. A Face Illumined The other fellows, less conscientious, passed their lives in tippling and tattling, discussing the "Oxford Toasts," and drinking other toasts to the king over the water. Oxford All the curious and tattling population of the idlest of cities, the Jesuits and the prelates of the French faction only excepted, laughed at Castelmaine's discomfiture. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 The next minute, though, Mierd was fussing, saying I was bad, tattling to Mama. Great Jehoshaphat and Gully Dirt! You are cultured and intelligent, Ivan, and you surely understand that the world is not destroyed by villains and conflagrations, but by hate and malice and all this spiteful tattling. Uncle Vanya Now don't go getting sore at me because I come out flatfooted like a friend and say what I think instead of tattling behind your back, the way a whole lot of 'em do. Babbitt William knew this well, and, when he was informed that Halifax was asking for the Doctor, could not refrain from exclaiming, "If they get together there will be fine tattling." The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 |
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