meddlesome
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And as the tribunes who stir up the populace’s antipathy toward Coriolanus, William DeMeritt and Zuzanna Szadkowski are bland, seemingly unwilling to decide whether their characters are nefarious or just mildly meddlesome.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026
Curses, shape-shifters and meddlesome gods abound in “Drinking From Graveyard Wells” by Yvette Lisa Ndlovu, a searing collection of stories about Black women in tough situations.
From Washington Post • Mar. 7, 2023
Olga’s mother, Blanca, has never returned to see her children in almost 30 years, but she manages to keep close tabs from afar, sending periodic letters full of tedious ideological instruction and meddlesome guilt trips.
From New York Times • Jan. 10, 2022
Mostly Dukakis specialized in wise, meddlesome or cynical mothers.
From Seattle Times • May 1, 2021
Mr. Curtain had transformed all those meddlesome people into his own private workforce, and they didn’t even realize it.
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
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