nosey

Example Sentences

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Before you visit the Google Play or Apple App Store again, there are a few things to keep in mind to keep nosey and dangerous downloads off your phone.

From Fox News • Dec. 18, 2021

Kevin Phillips said that when trouble broke out on 9 August 1971 his brother was "doing what kids do, you would go for a nosey that's all he was doing".

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2021

A widow, her new suitor and her nosey neighbor walk into a whodunit in the four-part mystery “Flesh and Blood” on “Masterpiece.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2020

A simple response that my husband and I have found helpful when dealing with nosey parkers is: “Why do you need to know?”

From Slate • Nov. 5, 2019

I recalled what Miig used to tell me when I’d first come, when I was nosey enough to ask unwelcome questions and had tried to pry into the contents of that bag.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline