Then there is Kate's meddlesome mother, who wants nothing more than to see her daughter married. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
It's so easy to not be "meddlesome" after a decision has been made by the deciders. From Wordnik.com. [Sheila Weller: Beverly High, Oil Wells, Power Plants, Cancer: Disproven? Not So Fast] Reference
Thats why I referred to it as "meddlesome" in the previous post. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Buzz US: Top Stories] Reference
No other nation in the world is considering the kind of meddlesome regulation proposed by the European Parliament. From Wordnik.com. [Technology news, comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk] Reference
Seward was "meddlesome" toward other departments; "runs to the President two or three times a day; wants to be Premier," etc., says Welles. From Wordnik.com. [The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln A Narrative And Descriptive Biography With Pen-Pictures And Personal Recollections By Those Who Knew Him] Reference
'meddlesome' and threatens a 'crushing' response should Obama continue to meddle in Iranian affairs. From Wordnik.com. [Blue Star Chronicles] Reference
"Beshrew your meddlesome temper!" cried the abbot. From Wordnik.com. [Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race] Reference
Because I am meddlesome, and harsh and quarrelsome?. From Wordnik.com. [The Orations of Lysias] Reference
But he did not like such meddlesome men as CAMERON. From Wordnik.com. [Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 11, June 11, 1870] Reference
"She may only be a meddlesome child," said White Owl. From Wordnik.com. [The Cat in Grandfather's House] Reference
Balloonists are never safe from meddlesome persons or worse. From Wordnik.com. [The Air Ship Boys : Or, the Quest of the Aztec Treasure] Reference
He did not care for children; they were meddlesome and noisy. From Wordnik.com. [The Pleasant Street Partnership A Neighborhood Story] Reference
Steinbrenner was proudly meddlesome, he told "60 Minutes" in 1987. From Wordnik.com. [Yankees Owner George Steinbrenner Dies At 80] Reference
And meddlesome, Machiavellian politicians wouldn't have let it happen. From Wordnik.com. [Commence Firing!] Reference
"A nice ` me 'it is -- a little, inquisitive, meddlesome morsel of a man!". From Wordnik.com. [Fritz and Eric The Brother Crusoes] Reference
It sounds like old women's chatter, the meddlesome way I scribble this down. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905] Reference
These were intensely strengthened by the imprudence of a meddlesome neighbor. From Wordnik.com. [Hubert's Wife A Story for You] Reference
No one but a meddlesome old maid would think of insulting a man in his own house. From Wordnik.com. [Sanders' Union Fourth Reader] Reference
We must rid ourselves of him; he's a public nuisance, a dangerous, meddlesome fellow. From Wordnik.com. [Grey Town An Australian Story] Reference
Didn't the ancient emperors build the wall in order to keep out the meddlesome barbarians?. From Wordnik.com. [Late Great Wall] Reference
Dole's operatives think their man can win by casting Clinton as a meddlesome "" liberal. ''. From Wordnik.com. [Dole's Risky Opportunity] Reference
The dictionary defines it as "to direct or control in a detailed, often meddlesome manner.". From Wordnik.com. [Sometimes Micromanaging Is Good--And Necessary] Reference
Not to be a meddlesome adviser; I am too firmly a convert to your method of procedure for that. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
Practical Wisdom, while they who extend their solicitude to society at large are considered meddlesome. From Wordnik.com. [Ethics] Reference
Some might call us a little meddlesome sometimes, but it is a way we have got, and we simply can't help it. From Wordnik.com. [Young Wild West at "Forbidden Pass" and, How Arietta Paid the Toll] Reference
They argue his detention was intended to silence a meddlesome political dissident, not to battle a militant. From Wordnik.com. [Critics Say Saudi Antiterror Effort Nets Activists] Reference
What a pity that dear little Sparrow's kind intention was frustrated by that meddlesome and inquisitive bird!. From Wordnik.com. [Parables from Flowers] Reference
Tilly Troffater, his enemy; the mysterious, meddlesome, lying little bandy Troffater, and he was stealing wheat!. From Wordnik.com. [Summerfield or, Life on a Farm] Reference
Truman was calling the Freedom Riders "meddlesome intruders who should stay at home and attend to their own business.". From Wordnik.com. [Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965] Reference
I hope some meddlesome fellow doesn't go to changing the signals on Brad, and make him think he's doing a record stunt. From Wordnik.com. [Fred Fenton on the Crew or, The Young Oarsmen of Riverport School] Reference
The harsh realities of the situation in Afghanistan — including Pakistan's meddlesome role — can no longer be ignored. From Wordnik.com. [The Problem Is Pakistan] Reference
"I'm like the road warrior of publishing," she once told NEWSWEEK. But Regan's meddlesome-free days are almost certainly over. From Wordnik.com. [Publishing: No More Free Rein For Regan] Reference
She now talked very seriously to her little daughter, and Tilderee promised to be less meddlesome and more obedient in the future. From Wordnik.com. [Apples, Ripe and Rosy, Sir] Reference
In fact, to tell the truth, she was a great hypocrite, gossiping and meddlesome, and she did not have a kind heart like my father. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 101, May, 1876] Reference
And it's the ideal soapbox for the Great Pontificator: a big audience, no meddlesome journalists and he doesn't have to pay for it. From Wordnik.com. [Peri Picks] Reference
They further testified that the sparrow was a meddlesome, gossiping neighbor, always fighting the other birds and driving them away. From Wordnik.com. [Conservation Reader] Reference
For one thing, their fund managers make decisions without meddlesome investment committees and can change a portfolio's tilt instantly. From Wordnik.com. [Is Bigger Better] Reference
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