meddle
verb (used without object)
to involve oneself in a matter without right or invitation; interfere officiously and unwantedly.
was meddling
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past progressiveof meddle.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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“Some expressed concerns that the federal government was meddling in an area where it does not belong,” he wrote.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 23, 2023
Mr. Patel’s apparent communications with the president prompted Ms. Hill to raise concerns with her superiors, including John R. Bolton, then the national security adviser, that Mr. Patel was meddling outside his portfolio.
From New York Times ● Oct. 23, 2019
But, certainly, there was meddling and probably there was meddling from other countries and maybe other individuals.
From Slate ● Mar. 9, 2018
Some deputies raised concerns the bill would be misused, asking how it would define homosexuality, and one said the house was meddling in issues beyond its scope.
From Reuters ● Jan. 25, 2013
It wasn’t only the federal government that was meddling in the tribe’s financial affairs.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
