nosy
Example Sentences
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I had assumed she was snooping through my stuff—my sister can be nosy—but what if Emma is right?
From Literature
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They were designed to keep nosy polar bears from coming right through the front door.
From Literature
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It had been work, exhilarating but exhausting all the same, constantly having to befuddle building supers and bellhops and nosy neighbors just for a place to sleep.
From Literature
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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.
I took that as editorial permission to be nosy.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.