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

Why would a talented coach want to work under Jones, a notorious meddler?

From The Guardian • Nov. 9, 2018

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

Selznick could be a heavy-handed meddler, but in Ackroyd’s view, Selznick rightly overruled Hitchcock on how to approach their first collaboration, “Rebecca.”

From Washington Post • Oct. 19, 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