kibitzing

Example Sentences

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All wisecracking and kibitzing cease and everyone’s attention turns to the fishing pole arching over against the weight of a fish tugging the line taut.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 6, 2022

“Mrs. Thomas’s text messages are embarrassing but amount to an outsider kibitzing and commiserating with the White House chief of staff,” said the Friday editorial.

From Washington Times • Mar. 27, 2022

Watching the body-cam footage again, he noticed how many cops were standing around, kibitzing with the rioters.

From Salon • Jan. 10, 2022

At the same time, the online experience lacked an essential human element, others say — the energy of collectors, dealers, curators and art advisers communing and kibitzing in one space.

From New York Times • May 15, 2020

Desdemona Stephanides, however, kibitzing from afar, gazed down on the board and saw what the players had missed.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides