How to Use catty in a Sentence

catty

1 of 2 noun

• Many said that part of the fun of watching the show was seeing teenagers be rich, snobby, and catty.
  — Annie Goldsmith, Town & Country, 22 June 2021
• The neighbors catty-corner to us would have [John] Cornyn signs out front.
  — Dallas News, 28 Feb. 2022
• Is his big office rival a catty gay rich kid named Tyler?
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 July 2022
• Now, the scandal over the private Facebook group has pulled back the curtain on what some see as a catty, two-faced culture in his office.
  — Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2021
• As the film progresses, things went from catty to downright violent.
  — Veronica Wells, Essence, 5 Feb. 2022
• The bar takes the place of a mostly-vacant space that was once a yoga studio, at the Sylvan Thirty development catty-cornered from the Belmont Hotel.
  — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 9 Sep. 2021
• The raid by the government agencies followed local media reports alleging the meats could be found on sale frozen for about $12 a catty (a local unit equivalent to about 1.3 pounds) – similar to the price of cooked beef.
  — Kathleen Magramo, CNN, 11 Feb. 2023
• There were other catty comments and inexcusable violence that also contributed to the toxic nature of the night.
  — Alicia Vrajlal, refinery29.com, 8 Mar. 2022
• The building catty-corner to the Justice Center that houses the county’s public defender offices, which suffered heavy damage that day, was also untouched.
  — Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 27 June 2020
• A few weeks later, in a building catty-corner from the Bonhomme Richard, some 77 naval officers, enlisted experts and civilians set up shop for the command investigation.
  — Megan Rose, ProPublica, 23 Sep. 2022
• Unfortunately, Sambataro’s starstruck roommate couldn’t resist emailing friends about Affleck, and her catty missives found their way to the media.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2022
• Their most powerful cudgel was Thompson’s catty barroom raconteur Buddy Cole, a trash-talking one-man pride revolution in an ascot.
  — New York Times, 24 May 2022
• In the wake of a series of explosive court hearings, however, there have been emotional videos, catty captions and even dueling emojis suggesting a fracture in their relationship.
  — Mike Wass, Billboard, 12 Jan. 2022
• Rail-thin Pats satisfies her urges for oral gratification by alternating cigarettes with vodka and catty remarks.
  — Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2022
• Many said that part of the fun of watching the show was seeing teenagers be rich, snobby, and catty.
  — Annie Goldsmith, Town & Country, 22 June 2021
• The neighbors catty-corner to us would have [John] Cornyn signs out front.
  — Dallas News, 28 Feb. 2022
• Is his big office rival a catty gay rich kid named Tyler?
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 July 2022
• Now, the scandal over the private Facebook group has pulled back the curtain on what some see as a catty, two-faced culture in his office.
  — Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2021
• As the film progresses, things went from catty to downright violent.
  — Veronica Wells, Essence, 5 Feb. 2022
• The bar takes the place of a mostly-vacant space that was once a yoga studio, at the Sylvan Thirty development catty-cornered from the Belmont Hotel.
  — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 9 Sep. 2021
• The raid by the government agencies followed local media reports alleging the meats could be found on sale frozen for about $12 a catty (a local unit equivalent to about 1.3 pounds) – similar to the price of cooked beef.
  — Kathleen Magramo, CNN, 11 Feb. 2023
• There were other catty comments and inexcusable violence that also contributed to the toxic nature of the night.
  — Alicia Vrajlal, refinery29.com, 8 Mar. 2022
• The building catty-corner to the Justice Center that houses the county’s public defender offices, which suffered heavy damage that day, was also untouched.
  — Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 27 June 2020
• A few weeks later, in a building catty-corner from the Bonhomme Richard, some 77 naval officers, enlisted experts and civilians set up shop for the command investigation.
  — Megan Rose, ProPublica, 23 Sep. 2022
• Unfortunately, Sambataro’s starstruck roommate couldn’t resist emailing friends about Affleck, and her catty missives found their way to the media.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2022
• Their most powerful cudgel was Thompson’s catty barroom raconteur Buddy Cole, a trash-talking one-man pride revolution in an ascot.
  — New York Times, 24 May 2022
• In the wake of a series of explosive court hearings, however, there have been emotional videos, catty captions and even dueling emojis suggesting a fracture in their relationship.
  — Mike Wass, Billboard, 12 Jan. 2022
• Rail-thin Pats satisfies her urges for oral gratification by alternating cigarettes with vodka and catty remarks.
  — Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2022

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catty

2 of 2 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
• The space is catty-corner from Nano Brew and is in the heart of one of the healthiest craft-beer neighborhoods in Northeast Ohio.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland.com, 29 June 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
• On the catty-corner is streetscape artist Anthony Holdsworth working at his easel.
  — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Apr. 2018
• 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
• The garden is located on Church Avenue, catty-corner and southeast of the brewery.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland, 10 July 2020
• 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
• Sherbondy designed a number of houses around Fort Wayne, including one catty-corner to the Jacksons’ new home.
  — Emma Alpern, Curbed, 13 Jan. 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
• Her fruitwood-and-metal swivel desk chair stood catty-corner behind, draped with a brown Loro Piana cashmere shawl.
  — Samantha Mann, Vogue, 14 Nov. 2022
• 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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