busybodies
- plural of busybody.
Example Sentences
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The nomination process essentially officializes gossip, as various local busybodies suggest women based on hearsay about them and their families.
From New York Times • Apr. 30, 2024
Apparently, other parents decided they didn't want these busybodies telling them how to educate or raise their kids so they ran against them and won.
From Salon • Nov. 10, 2023
Working the polls has long been something that retirees did, along with nice church ladies, neighborhood busybodies, local political gadflies and civics geeks.
From Washington Post • Nov. 8, 2022
Q. Re: Ethics of a scholarship application: The relatives seem like busybodies to me.
From Slate • Jun. 8, 2020
The saying that people who have nothing to do become busybodies is not the only truth.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
