officious

Example Sentences

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It turned out Vance had left a lengthy trail of bizarre, officious comments about, well, a lot of things, but particularly female fertility and childlessness.

From Slate • Aug. 6, 2025

From the moody and officious to the joker and the Buddhist, every canine companion I have worked with brought a distinct character to our partnership.

From BBC • Aug. 6, 2023

The case, however, made Comstock’s name synonymous with “prudery, Puritanism and officious meddling,” according to Broun and Leech.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2023

They differed markedly from the more officious digital communications we periodically received.

From Salon • Oct. 10, 2022

Finally, after forty minutes, I am called out of the waiting room by an officious woman in blue scrubs.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich