meddle
verb (used without object)
to involve oneself in a matter without right or invitation; interfere officiously and unwantedly.
meddles
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present tense formof meddle (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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And in the brain, it meddles with connections between brain cells, resulting in “fuzzy thinking.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2024
He has argued that the court meddles in his mandate and reminded the military that, in a democracy, it is subordinate to the elected government.
From Reuters ● Aug. 14, 2023
In "Sleepless in Seattle," a child meddles in his widower-dad's romantic life to literally force him to meet with a woman he shouldn't have had to be forced to meet.
From Salon ● Dec. 13, 2022
I’ve been on a bunch of different staffs where a head coach meddles a lot during game day and he ends up making it even more chaotic.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 13, 2021
So it meddles directly with no political or social arrangements, but lays down principles which will profoundly affect these, and leaves them to soak into the general mind.
From The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon by Alexander Maclaren
