How to Use catty in a Sentence

catty

adjective
  • Check out a few of our favorites below, and visit the site to see all of the catty posts.
    — Diana Pearl, Marie Claire, 31 July 2014
  • Here’s hoping it doesn’t get picked up for more than the catty pilot episode.
    — Vogue, 9 Oct. 2017
  • But while ear scratches and head pats may be off the table, there are still plenty of catty things players can do.
    — Alyse Stanley, Washington Post, 19 July 2022
  • Witty, pretty, catty, and no problem to keep at arm’s length.
    — Eric Marcus, Time, 17 June 2019
  • This catty film is still referenced in both pop culture and fashion to this day.
    — Lauren Alexis Fisher, Harper's BAZAAR, 9 Jan. 2015
  • Indeed, humor is threaded through much of the evening, such as the catty gossip about McCarthy’s right-hand aide.
    — Bill Hirschman, Sun Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2022
  • Like low-rise boot cut jeans and butterfly clips, these catty, tasteless series are tied to that era.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2020
  • Sadie and McKayla are catty, prone to jealousy, and quick to swoon before their male victims.
    — Teo Bugbee, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2017
  • Noel Coward’s catty comedy about a man with two spouses, one in this life and another in the next.
    — John Timpane, Philly.com, 6 Sep. 2017
  • So, pull up a bowl of lukewarm milk, sharpen your claws and check out some of the cattiest Cats review headlines below.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 19 Dec. 2019
  • The characters’ catty exchanges were largely derived from gossip news sources of the time, or from off-the-record comments.
    — Laura Bradley, VanityFair.com, 12 Jan. 2017
  • The characters’ catty exchanges were largely derived from gossip news sources of the time, or from off-the-record comments.
    — Laura Bradley, HWD, 12 Jan. 2017
  • There’s plenty of catty people in the fashion business.
    — Emma Elwick-Bates, WSJ, 20 Aug. 2018
  • When Bourdain got really catty about two of his fellow TV food show hosts.
    — Andy Staples, SI.com, 11 June 2018
  • The first two episodes proved the show is succeeding for a reason, and catty drama had nothing to do with why it's been resonating with viewers.
    — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 15 Oct. 2023
  • Are women cattier and more competitive with their friends than men, or just more willing to delve into the details of who did what to whom, and when?
    — Clare McHugh, Time, 5 Apr. 2018
  • Matt Minnicino’s adaptation takes a playful, even risque approach with the verse as a catty set of upper-crusters gossip and gripe in the South of France.
    — Nelson Pressley, Washington Post, 5 June 2019
  • That proved to be a catastrophe and the response from animal rights groups and social media was predictably catty.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2022
  • Though they were written decades before Nick Denton was born, the catty snark and often undisguised anger evident in these pieces would not have been out of place in Gawker.
    — Jacob Brogan, Slate Magazine, 16 Oct. 2017
  • The question of whether or not the Globes should come back has caused in-fighting and bickering among the publicists, a group known for expert spin and taking catty swings against their opponents.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 27 June 2022
  • We’re not just catty accessories to beautiful women who have messy lives.
    — refinery29.com, 11 June 2018
  • All three shows are big on female bonding and friendship while blasting the myth that women are always catty and are way too busy sharpening their talons to give a sister a hand.
    — Karla Peterson, sandiegouniontribune.com, 29 June 2018
  • Not to be totally catty, but Doja Cat’s third album starts poorly.
    — Mark Kennedy, chicagotribune.com, 23 June 2021
  • Critics and skeptics of the movie, admittedly, have been waiting to pounce, and the catty remarks won't be charitable.
    — Brian Lowry, CNN, 18 Dec. 2019
  • Bing even lied about Bard being shut down in a hilariously catty example from this past March.
    — Wes Davis, The Verge, 27 May 2023
  • But even the promise of silly outtakes can't take away our apprehension at having to relive all this catty drama again.
    — Martha Sorren, refinery29.com, 19 Feb. 2020
  • Add some deliciously witty banter, full of catty quips and droll one-liners.
    — Randy Cordova, azcentral, 11 May 2018
  • There are definitely some girls who are catty, but not everyone.
    — Craig Hlavaty, Houston Chronicle, 11 Apr. 2018
  • The storylines of Cavallari’s employees and their catty friends figure to take predictable paths as the season unfolds.
    — David Haugh, chicagotribune.com, 9 July 2018
  • That man is Craig Venter, whose chatty, sometimes catty and always engaging voice is largely absent from his own book.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Dec. 2023

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