meddler

Example Sentences

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Terhune has been a stand-up comic for nearly two decades, but his doppelganger has lifted him to another plane, as if a mischievous meddler had suddenly muscled his way into the limelight.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2023

There, under supervision — the main caseworker is a kindly, stubborn meddler — Will works for the owner helping harvest trees while Tom, her curiosity blossoming as her world expands, explores their new home.

From New York Times • Jun. 28, 2018

Martha Mills is a writer and social media meddler, also the sidekick to an ‘internet famous’ cat.

From The Guardian • Jun. 30, 2017

Kelly’s piece painted Clinton as a moralist, a meddler, a prig.

From Slate • Jul. 24, 2016

I tended my own stupendous bruise through its lurid healing colors and vowed to resign my commission as a meddler.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly