How to Use gossip in a Sentence

gossip

1 of 2 noun
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  • I like having a good gossip now and then.
  • She writes a gossip column in the paper.
  • He had been spreading gossip about his coworkers.
  • The outing came amid gossip about the heir to the Danish throne.
    — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 8 Nov. 2023
  • Beef and The Bear won big on the stage, and the gossip girlies won something new to talk about.
    — Vulture, 7 Jan. 2024
  • More of that, please, and less mean girl gossip and drama.
    — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 15 Oct. 2023
  • The group chatted, catching up on gossip, as the kids raced between the river and the sea.
    — Mya Guarnieri, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2024
  • But her choice to live alone is the cause of much gossip among her fellow villagers.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 20 July 2023
  • For the past year my favorite modern love stories have played out not on the big screen but in the gossip pages.
    — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Carving out the rhythms of gossip to adorable effect, but still hype as hell for Capri Suns.
    — Megan Angelo, Vogue, 22 Sep. 2023
  • In friend groups, gossip can be used to check in, vent, or simply connect.
    — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 22 Sep. 2023
  • The gossip is fun and the guest is really good—a winning combo.
    — Rachel Wilkerson Miller, SELF, 27 Dec. 2023
  • To save their lives, gossips had to denounce their friends as witches.
    — Silvia Federici, Scientific American, 17 Apr. 2023
  • But until now, there’s been plenty of gossip about whether Samsung would be the first to put a ring on it.
    — Florence Ion / Gizmodo, Quartz, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Not to fuel the flames of online gossip, but at the end of the show, Lopez and Edebiri did not appear to embrace.
    — Omar L. Gallaga, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2024
  • This book feels like a late-night gossip session in the best way and would be an amazing buddy read.
    — USA TODAY, 12 July 2023
  • That’s what makes being a small-town gossip columnist so much fun.
    — Brandon Sanchez, Vulture, 2 Aug. 2023
  • When gossip about Kate’s health started in January, the palace didn’t feel the need to bat down rumors.
    — Allison Morrow, CNN, 20 Mar. 2024
  • The gossip or petty stuff is just a waste of time and is almost like an infection.
    — Stephen Gerard, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
  • But similar gossip has spread in the past, and the company is being coy.
    — Rachel Kurzius, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Kate, on the other hand, had been out of view, leading to weeks of speculation and gossip.
    — arkansasonline.com, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Among celebrities, mug shots are staples of tabloid gossip.
    — Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2023
  • The incident is just par for the course for Gomez, Hollywood’s busiest—if most well-meaning—gossip girl.
    — Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 11 Jan. 2024
  • The internet virality, the gossip, the red carpets, even the hot streak of roles—Mescal knows that so much of it is fleeting.
    — Harper's BAZAAR, 16 Aug. 2023
  • And a cottage industry of podcasts, as well as fan and gossip accounts have sprung up to serve them.
    — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2024
  • As the moon and Mercury clash, your social life suffers from second-hand gossip.
    — USA TODAY, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Beate, though, was a major-league gossip who seemed to keep tabs on every occurrence in town.
    — Lucy Sante, The New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2023
  • Within the world of the characters and the behind-the-scenes gossip of the series, though, that one warm, friendly phone call was just short of earth-shattering.
    — Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2023
  • And over time the other dramas, the film, the stars, the happenings, the local extras, the gossip, even kidnapping attempts.
    — Pino Gagliardi, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Sep. 2023
  • So, yes, the British monarchy is strange and outdated and an endless gristmill for tabloid gossip.
    — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 5 May 2023
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gossip

2 of 2 verb
  • They spent the afternoon gossiping on the phone.
  • They often gossip with each other about their neighbors.
  • Like if the whole world shared the same high-school friends to gossip about.
    — Sanjena Sathian, The Atlantic, 28 Sep. 2021
  • Dad liked to gossip with Mom about the women at the gym.
    — Souvankham Thammavongsa, The New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2021
  • Lance pulls the ladies aside to gossip about the boys over some bubbly.
    — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 25 Aug. 2021
  • Yet, she’s often gossiped about by the people of the town.
    — Lynnette Nicholas, Parents, 5 Jan. 2024
  • There was the buzz of girls gossiping, the hoots and hollers of prize-winning kids.
    — Emily Ziff Griffin, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Katie watched the Celtics more closely so she and Mike could gossip about the players and the trades.
    — Kari Bornhorst McHugh, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Feb. 2018
  • Even children begin to sort of gossip around the age of 2.
    — Stacy S. Kim, WIRED, 4 Jan. 2023
  • People gossiped, and many thought Karl and I were, or had been, lovers.
    — André Leon Talley, Vogue, 19 Feb. 2019
  • Don’t involve the other Kids in this, and don’t gossip about it.
    — Amy Dickinson, The Denver Post, 18 Aug. 2019
  • The cafe was where the ladies who lunched could be found gossiping over gimlets.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 2 Nov. 2019
  • The benches out front, where old men would sit and gossip, beckon you to rest.
    — Brinley Hineman, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2021
  • Not only is there now less to gossip about, but the pipes are also frozen by fear.
    — Lila MacLellan, Quartz, 10 May 2021
  • In Big Church the message was simple: Men were prone to lust, women to gossip.
    — Kelsey McKinney, Star Tribune, 16 July 2021
  • It’s the delight of darting to someone’s desk and dragging her to the bathroom to gossip.
    — New York Times, 14 July 2022
  • When the house is purchased, the neighbors begin to gossip about who will be moving in.
    — Henry Chandonnet, Peoplemag, 19 July 2023
  • Is your tendency to gossip at work for the better or worse?
    — Mark Travers, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Even more than having people watch the show, Safran is eager to talk — or rather gossip — about it.
    — Morgan Baila, refinery29.com, 12 Aug. 2021
  • Oh, and gossiping about the mayor sprucing up his look.
    — Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 25 Jan. 2024
  • The group of dancers congregated on a couch at the corner of the stage to gossip and flirt with their love interests.
    — Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Stacks of chairs, absent of tourists and gossiping locals made for a forlorn scene.
    — NBC News, 16 Mar. 2020
  • The club gathered to gossip and bond — and split a weekly purchase of lottery tickets.
    — Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2024
  • When the mood in the car shifts from rockin’ out to gossip, a sound system equipped with Harman’s newest software can adjust the volume of the stereo for you.
    — Dan Carney and Stan Horaczek, Popular Science, 3 Dec. 2020
  • The heart of a city may beat loudest in its restaurants, the places where people gather to eat and drink, to gossip and celebrate.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 18 Feb. 2022
  • Robbie was also there but mostly sat in the front of the room, parked with his aide who loved to gossip with other teachers.
    — Brian Trapp, Longreads, 30 Apr. 2021
  • There is a small crowd of men gossiping and sipping coffee.
    — Kyre Chenven, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Oct. 2018
  • But '60s gossip aside, the song is about demanding independence and a sense of self.
    — Harper's BAZAAR, 17 Mar. 2022
  • Over cocktails, guests lingered over the rainbow chevron motifs and gossiped long into the night.
    — Vogue, 4 July 2018
  • Not above the drama are Bennett and Ed, who gossip about Chasen's intentions.
    — Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 18 Nov. 2020

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