busybody

Her book abounds with busybody advocacy groups, donor advisory networks and consultancies run by know-nothing 20-somethings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

That was all fine for Graham: He got his fix with bonus cable-news bookings and participated in some debates, and then—phew!—was able to return to being a busybody in the Senate.

From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026

But Julie seems a victim here of Hedda’s artillery rather than a busybody relative anxious to extend the family line.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 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

As all this unfolded, busybody that I am, I kept tabs, eavesdropped, observed.

From "Wishtree" by Katherine Applegate

Apparently, other parents decided they didn't want these busybodies telling them how to educate or raise their kids so they ran against them and won.

From Salon ● Nov. 10, 2023

This particular Planned Parenthood is where high school girls in my town would go if they needed birth control and didn’t want any busybodies ratting them out if they were spotted at the local clinic.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 27, 2023

He found an old house in a small town full of busybodies and expects to live peacefully there.

From New York Times ● Oct. 5, 2020

Don’t let yourself get distracted by a bunch of interfering busybodies whose bad opinions of you might be annoying but largely have nothing to do with you.

From Slate ● Jan. 18, 2020

After class I played with President Davis’s daughters, nicknamed Dit, Dot, and Dash—the same as the Morse code signals the military used to communicate— because they were such busybodies.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson