tittle-tattle

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for tittle-tattle
Verb
  • In other words, to blather on about how unremarkable iPhone 16 is compared to the one immediately preceding it completely misses the forest for the trees.
    Steven Aquino, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
  • But who needs to blather on when there is a brisk 90-minute set of lush ‘70s and ‘80s classics to administer?
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 27 Sep. 2024
Verb
  • Talk of the Chiefs’ AFC Championship Game meeting with the Bills, and KC’s attempt to record the first Super Bowl three-peat, has been secondary to chatter about the games being fixed in favor of the Chiefs.
    Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 26 Jan. 2025
  • This is one of those AI existential risks that everyone is chattering about these days.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The rain kept pattering down, and the pygmies began to call each other in a long chirrup.
    Jessica Camille Aguirre, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Then comes an electric riff, some pattering drums, more singers.
    Alex Suskind, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Of course, some are just weird, like the Grampy Turnips, little old vegetable men planted in the soil who prattle on with unsolicited advice that’s occasionally useful and mostly waffle about.
    Josh Broadwell, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
  • While some critics prattle on in the comments with doubts, D'Amelio has stayed present throughout rehearsals and leaned on her costars — many of whom are also new to Broadway — to keep her concentration.
    Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 29 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • Ahead of the audiobook’s May 7 release, and a promotional tour that Wilson admitted is poised to put their love of chat to the ultimate test, the authors spoke to The Hollywood Reporter about all things gab.
    Seija Rankin, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Trump’s tendency to gab meant that minimizing his time on the witness stand was a no-brainer.
    John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2023
Verb
  • Persistent boxing personality posted this AI image to troll Stevenson—one of his favorite pastimes: While an argument can be made that Stevenson needs to chase more finishes, that’s not his style, and fight fans who don’t appreciate that expose their limited absorption of the sport.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
  • Trump told, or perhaps trolled, Trudeau that there was an easy way to avoid the coming tariffs.
    Jeremy Lott, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Another version is dotted with oily little pepperoni cups and smattered with hot honey: simple and satisfying.
    Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com, 4 May 2023
  • Lee is also now taking a smattering reps at first base as expected entering the spring.
    Michael Shapiro, Chron, 17 Mar. 2023
Verb
  • Bao Li, a playful boy who bleats in excitement, climbed dangerously high up a tree.
    Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2025
  • The living room was a swirl of kids and bleating screens.
    John Branch, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
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“Tittle-tattle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tittle-tattle. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.

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