intermeddle
Example Sentences
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"I have considered it as a matter between every man and his Maker, in which no other, and far less the public, had a right to intermeddle."
From Time Magazine Archive
Is a statute less objection able which authorizes expenditure of Fed eral moneys to induce action in a field in which the United States has no power to intermeddle?
From Time Magazine Archive
Intercede and interpose are used in a good sense; intermeddle always in a bad sense, and interfere frequently so.
From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by Fernald, James Champlin
But Voltaire wrote to Madame du Deffand: "I am aware that people reproach her with some bagatelles à propos of that husband of hers; however, one really cannot intermeddle in these family squabbles!"
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 by Rudd, John
She was bound, therefore, she regretted to say, not to intermeddle in the business.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 360, October 1845 by Various
