Example Sentences

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These days, it seems like every piece of electronic equipment is snooping on us, from smart speakers to smartphones.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 13, 2022

Open-plan offices offer few pleasures; one of them is snooping on other people’s browsing habits.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 8, 2019

The Conservative MP denies it is snooping and says she regularly has conversations with her daughter.

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2013

When the physician finds out Wally is snooping around town, he delivers this scathing appraisal of reporters.

From BusinessWeek • Jan. 9, 2012

Nowadays, while the fake detective is snooping around the back piazza with a telescope, the real one is getting the "dope" from the village blacksmith or barber or the waitress at the station.

From Courts and Criminals by Train, Arthur Cheney