meddle
verb (used without object)
to involve oneself in a matter without right or invitation; interfere officiously and unwantedly.
have been meddling
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present perfect progressiveof meddle.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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"We know the Iranians have been meddling," Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld told reporters last week.
From Time Magazine Archive
All this I acknowledge I have not done, for I have been meddling with your business.
From Sabbath in Puritan New England by Alice Morse Earle
"Well, well," said the old gentleman, after a little, "others have been meddling; I think I will meddle a little."
From From Jest to Earnest by Edward Payson Roe
I'm sure she must have been meddling with it,' added the maid.
From The Parent's Assistant Stories for Children by Maria Edgeworth
Her mother, who had been wondering who could have been meddling with her pill-box, came in.
From The Nursery, June 1873, Vol. XIII. A Monthly Magazine for Youngest People by Various
