How to Use gossip in a Sentence

gossip

1 of 2 noun
  • 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.
  • None of it was true, but gossip takes on its own life.
    — Jon Landau, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Take the grains of truth in the rumors and gossip.
    — Peter D. Banko, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • The key to calm is to not crash over a tidbit of gossip.
    — Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 6 Nov. 2025
  • This gossip could not be further from the truth.
    — Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Let the whole village gossip and shun me!
    — Literary Hub, 28 May 2026
  • That was the headline of the gossip.
    — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 21 Jan. 2026
  • So, gossip watchers need to know what gives.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 12 Mar. 2026
  • The gossip mill is very active.
    — Corey Buhay, Outside, 5 Dec. 2025
  • Thou shalt keep the gossip secret.
    — Sam Reed, Glamour, 18 May 2026
  • So the gossip factor in his paintings is a big draw.
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 15 Aug. 2025
  • At first he was just seen as eccentric and needy and a gossip.
    — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2025
  • This is not just a huge topic in the world of celebrity gossip.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 22 May 2026
  • Perez Hilton has a piece of hot gossip — about himself.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Please update all gossip sites.
    — Megh Wright, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2026
  • To save their lives, gossips had to denounce their friends as witches.
    — Silvia Federici, Scientific American, 17 Apr. 2023
  • That’s what makes being a small-town gossip columnist so much fun.
    — Brandon Sanchez, Vulture, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Steer clear of gossip, mixed signals and plans that keep changing.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 29 June 2026
  • Once you’re filled up with eggs and gossip, the town is truly your oyster.
    — Cameron Sperance, Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2026
  • Once you’re filled up with gossip and eggs, the town is truly your oyster.
    — Cameron Sperance, Travel + Leisure, 16 Aug. 2025
  • But her choice to live alone is the cause of much gossip among her fellow villagers.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 20 July 2023
  • In friend groups, gossip can be used to check in, vent, or simply connect.
    — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 22 Sep. 2023
  • So will the two gossip-lovers work together well?
    — Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Every time, there was talk about ideas and gossip and so, so much laughter.
    — Sammy Loren, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Rooftops, crimes, love affairs, gossip.
    — Literary Hub, 17 June 2026
  • Hometown gossips and lonely girls to the front.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
  • By week two, Joi had become my go-to for rants about my day or gossip about friends.
    — Amogh Dimri, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2026
  • The outing came amid gossip about the heir to the Danish throne.
    — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 8 Nov. 2023

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
  • Lance pulls the ladies aside to gossip about the boys over some bubbly.
    — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 25 Aug. 2021
  • But a blanket warning hews too close to gossip for my taste.
    — Eric Thomas, Baltimore Sun, 16 Jan. 2026
  • 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
  • There was the buzz of girls gossiping, the hoots and hollers of prize-winning kids.
    — Emily Ziff Griffin, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2024
  • This is often easier said than done – no one wants to be gossiped about.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 13 June 2026
  • Don’t involve the other Kids in this, and don’t gossip about it.
    — Amy Dickinson, The Denver Post, 18 Aug. 2019
  • People gossiped, and many thought Karl and I were, or had been, lovers.
    — André Leon Talley, Vogue, 19 Feb. 2019
  • What does a gossiping coffee do?
    — Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 2 May 2026
  • But for the most part, the ladies will just be themselves, gabbing (and gossiping) away.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 22 Apr. 2026
  • The study found that woman-woman couples gossiped the most.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 9 Aug. 2025
  • When the house is purchased, the neighbors begin to gossip about who will be moving in.
    — Henry Chandonnet, Peoplemag, 19 July 2023
  • My main memories are my mother gossiping about her all the time.
    — Carol Sutton Lewis, Scientific American, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Stacks of chairs, absent of tourists and gossiping locals made for a forlorn scene.
    — NBC News, 16 Mar. 2020
  • Coconut cream pies huddle with date-nut bread to gossip about pineapple upside-down cake.
    — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 24 May 2022
  • 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
  • The club gathered to gossip and bond — and split a weekly purchase of lottery tickets.
    — Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2024
  • The actress was asked if this was response to gossip about her seeking cosmetic surgery.
    — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 21 May 2026
  • Andy is more optimistic about his connection when the men gossip about their partners.
    — Kimi Robinson, The Arizona Republic, 26 July 2022
  • Over cocktails, guests lingered over the rainbow chevron motifs and gossiped long into the night.
    — Vogue, 4 July 2018
  • 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
  • The lawsuit even accuses people at her job of gossiping and making fun of her.
    — Michael Harriot, The Root, 21 Mar. 2018
  • The two women liked to gossip and often confided in each other when things weren’t going well at home.
    — Longreads, 6 Apr. 2021
  • 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
  • The Newport in my book, and also in my memory, is a place where people gossip.
    — Literary Hub, 3 June 2026
  • There are a few people who are rude and unkind, and there’s a culture of gossiping and complaining.
    — Roxane Gay, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2023

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