intermeddle

Example Sentences

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Is a statute less objection able which authorizes expenditure of Fed eral moneys to induce action in a field in which the United States has no power to intermeddle?

From Time Magazine Archive

"I have considered it as a matter between every man and his Maker, in which no other, and far less the public, had a right to intermeddle."

From Time Magazine Archive

"Who desires thee to intermeddle in this matter, Sancho?" said Don Quixote.

From The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha by Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de

Have I not a right to intermeddle, being a squire, who has learned the rules of good manners in the school of your worship?

From The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha by Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de

Intercede and interpose are used in a good sense; intermeddle always in a bad sense, and interfere frequently so.

From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by Fernald, James Champlin