Example Sentences

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Habte might be considered a busybody in any other context, a meddler too interested in the lives of others.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2021

Why would a talented coach want to work under Jones, a notorious meddler?

From The Guardian • Nov. 9, 2018

Kelly’s piece painted Clinton as a moralist, a meddler, a prig.

From Slate • Jul. 24, 2016

Allen says he’s there as an overseer and a sounding board, not a meddler.

From Washington Post • Aug. 8, 2015

He was, I felt, something of a meddler.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison