nosy

Example Sentences

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Ultrarich investors are often nosy about what their peers at other family offices are up to, and which deals they are getting a peek at.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

Nextdoor, once dubbed the “anti-Facebook” for its quaint local posts, also garnered a reputation as a “Twitter for old people,” where nosy neighbors constantly complain.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 15, 2025

I took that as editorial permission to be nosy.

From Salon • Jul. 15, 2025

With a background in psychology Emma happily calls herself “a bit of a nosy people watcher”.

From BBC • Oct. 10, 2024

Not that my mother is the nosy kind, as she believes God in heaven can see you and that is supervision enough.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez