Whatever is not nailed down is mine. What I can pry loose is not nailed down. From LearnThat.org. [Collis P. Huntingdon]
Don't pry into my personal matters!. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Brissenden gave no explanation of his long absence, nor did Martin pry into it. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 35] Reference
I can just see the edge and I kind of pry the frame apart and slide it out. From Wordnik.com. [Asimov's Science Fiction]
I know you aren't supposed to use any kind of pry bar etc (not that it would fit anyway). From Wordnik.com. [NASIOC] Reference
No; she had not the slightest idea; it was not her business to "pry" and Mrs. Wick closed her bloodless lips with virtuous severity. From Wordnik.com. [Will Warburton] Reference
I pry off my sopping shirt, strip away my pajama pants. From Wordnik.com. [The Man Who Lives In My Shower] Reference
It's something about the machines 'unblinking ability to pry. From Wordnik.com. [Cybersoul Not Found] Reference
Gill glanced over and watched his friend pry open the console. From Wordnik.com. [They Would Judge His Trespasses] Reference
After World War II, a few people attempted to pry the nails out. From Wordnik.com. [Washington's Manifest Destiny in the 19th century was to stay put] Reference
Will that be enough to pry people out of their Accords and Camrys?. From Wordnik.com. [Back on the Road] Reference
Staff members made it a point not to pry or ask too many questions. From Wordnik.com. [An Emotional Moonscape] Reference
Yet his Sunshine initiatives did little to pry open the Hermit Kingdom. From Wordnik.com. [Playing Mind Games] Reference
They tried several keys on the last one, but finally had to pry it open. From Wordnik.com. [Mummified Babies Found Wrapped in 1930s Newspaper Inside L.A. Apartment] Reference
Now, says a top official, "we usually have to pry him out of the office.". From Wordnik.com. [Bush's War At Home] Reference
And what congressman wants to pry the keys away from so many happy families?. From Wordnik.com. [The Unstoppable Suv] Reference
I tried to pry his lips apart with my tongue but he resisted and pulled away. From Wordnik.com. [Small Victory: stefan's secret] Reference
I sat on the pebble and broken road and used the knife to pry open the clams. From Wordnik.com. [Nevertheless The Plan Was Not Implemented] Reference
I think she just felt an ability to pry and thought I wouldn't see it as such. From Wordnik.com. [Nine Women] Reference
In 1998 Moore used the Freedom of Information Act to pry such data from the FDA. From Wordnik.com. [The Depressing News About Antidepressants] Reference
The intelligence community spends gobs of money trying to pry those secrets loose. From Wordnik.com. [Experts discuss the government's growing intelligence network: Is it too big?] Reference
Ben went to pry it from Steve's fingers, but Ben's not the most delicate creature. From Wordnik.com. [Women Making Love to Monsters] Reference
The Israelis think it can help to pry valuable information from reluctant captives. From Wordnik.com. [Singing For Your Sleep] Reference
Before I say my piece, you can pry my mouse from the fingers of my cold, dead hand. From Wordnik.com. [Can't I Work In Peace?] Reference
It took both Warren and me to pry his fingers off her throat. From Wordnik.com. [The Great San Francisco Poetry Wars, 10] Reference
No wonder Arsène Wenger has been attempting to pry Mark Schwarzer away from Fulham. From Wordnik.com. [Pepe Reina howler gives Arsenal a point against 10-man Liverpool] Reference
They use basic tools, including what look like rusty wire-cutters, to pry away rubble. From Wordnik.com. [Database for the Dead] Reference
Alternately, the Muslims could try to pry open and hold a lifeline route into Sarajevo. From Wordnik.com. [Let's Get Out Of Here] Reference
They pry the jaws apart and pull the dogs back to the corner and sponge them like a boxer. From Wordnik.com. [Going for the Throat] Reference
If your child (or pet) gets locked in the car, don't hesitate to pry open or break a window. From Wordnik.com. [If your child gets locked in the car] Reference
Her hands were still cradling Elisheba, so tightly they had to pry the baby out of her grasp. From Wordnik.com. ['Every Knee Shall Bow'] Reference
One day in 1978, Mr. Callahan spent an hour trying to pry open a bottle of liquor with his teeth. From Wordnik.com. [Acerbic and irreverent cartoonist John Callahan dies at 59] Reference
She declined to limit discovery -- a ruling that lets Jones's lawyers pry into Clinton's private life. From Wordnik.com. ['I'm So Glad To Be Here In Arkansas'] Reference
Computers are powerful enough now to pry open widely used software safeguards, compounding the problem. From Wordnik.com. [Losing Your Good Name Online] Reference
Some NBCers, it appears, believe Ovitz was behind a scheme to pry loose a top NBC programmer, Jamie McDermott. From Wordnik.com. [Ted, You Ignorant Slut!] Reference
Or is this a response to those who would pry into how much of the fictional narrative you actually experienced?. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa's Prize Winner] Reference
Along with Hollywood movies, big sporting events are the only shows with enough magic to pry open consumer wallets. From Wordnik.com. [The Sporting Life] Reference
But Perot's evident desire to pry into the lives of his coworkers, past and future, could in the end cost him some votes. From Wordnik.com. [Playing On The 'V Word'] Reference
The first fight was over the Clinton admin-is-tration's efforts to pry open emerging financial markets, such as South Korea's. From Wordnik.com. [The Most Misunderstood Man in America] Reference
Curious reporters can still pry up a certain floor panel, and peer into the empty swimming pool, which is now crammed with wiring. From Wordnik.com. [Making The White House A Home] Reference
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