busybody

Example Sentences

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The movie doesn’t quite know how to handle Mabel: She’s meant to be charmingly determined but comes across as more of a scold and a busybody.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

Elizabeth Kelly, best known for playing busybody Nellie Ellis in EastEnders, died peacefully in Scarborough on 31 December, her agent Scott Marshall Partners said.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026

Your siblings and any other busybody family members would have no say.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 26, 2026

In an age when social media increasingly merges our public and personal lives, corporate HQ needs to resist this sort of busybody meddling.

From Washington Post • Dec. 7, 2022

I’m not proud of it—I don’t normally speak to people in that manner, and especially women—but damned if I was going to let some busybody do-gooder foil my outing.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen