Example Sentences

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People in East Africa have long known about the crested rat’s poisonous punch, which has felled many an overcurious dog.

From New York Times • Nov. 25, 2020

Today’s consumer-available drones remain effectively blind, and no one has yet developed software that would allow the devices to reliably avoid quotidian obstacles like trees, power lines, sudden and strong weather, and overcurious dogs.

From Slate • Jul. 20, 2015

She feeds the overcurious Jeffrey information she hears from her father—that the ear is connected to an investigation involving a local nightclub singer, Dorothy Vallens, played with a wounded luminousness by Rossellini.

From Slate • Nov. 8, 2011

In the drama of sea war, cruisers go ahead of battleships to discover the theatre of operations, ascertain the disposition of the enemy and protect the main performers from overcurious inquirers before the show begins.

From Time Magazine Archive

He recalled the slip of white paper in his pocket, questioning if he would be able to finger it, to scratch upon it those vital invisible directions before these sharp and overcurious eyes.

From The Gray Mask by Camp, Wadsworth