nosy

Example Sentences

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Ultrarich investors are often nosy about what their peers at other family offices are up to, and which deals they are getting a peek at.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

I took that as editorial permission to be nosy.

From Salon • Jul. 15, 2025

Not only am I a journalist, but I’m a film critic, and I’m both of those things because I’m extremely nosy and because I want to make the world a better, more beautiful place.

From Salon • Mar. 2, 2025

Wanda also uses her power to wipe Agatha’s mind in order to live out her life in Westview as the nosy neighbor Agnes.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2024

You might be able to say that the Amoses were some mean old nosy folks, but you couldn’t call them thieves.

From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis