Thesaurus / pry
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
Harvest those carefully using a strong knife or small pry bar.
HOW TO CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE IN BAJAWES SILERMARCH 9, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINE
Many a spy of the Kaiser had tried to pry there and had been arrested and sentenced to a long term of imprisonment.
THE DOCTOR OF PIMLICOWILLIAM LE QUEUX
The banks do not pry into his moral character: they are satisfied that he meets his overdrafts and promissory notes punctually.
THIRD CLASS IN INDIAN RAILWAYSMAHATMA GANDHI
So he didn't pry into my pockets, but only felt outside with his hands, and said it was all right.
ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN, COMPLETEMARK TWAIN (SAMUEL CLEMENS)
I hope I can pry Welborn loose from his digging and delving long enough to take me over that road again.
DAVID LANNARCK, MIDGETGEORGE S. HARNEY
Madame Fontaine is thought, by those who seek to pry into the future, to be wiser in her wisdom than Mademoiselle Lenormand.
UNCONSCIOUS COMEDIANSHONORE DE BALZAC
Twas inevitable that they should pry and surmise––surmising much more than they dared pry.
THE CRUISE OF THE SHINING LIGHTNORMAN DUNCAN
I felt I had no right to pry into their afflictions, and retired.
LAVENGROGEORGE BORROW
If we only had a big pry here, we might heave up this top rock, and so get at him.
LEFT ON LABRADORCHARLES ASBURY STEPHENS
It was one of those gloomy days with Pierre when we pry into every corner of our souls and shake out every crease.
THE WORKS OF GUY DE MAUPASSANT, VOLUME VIII.GUY DE MAUPASSANT
WORDS RELATED TO PRY
- beat
- beat about
- cast about
- chase after
- check
- comb
- examine
- explore
- ferret
- forage
- frisk
- go in quest of
- go over with a fine-tooth comb
- go through
- grope
- grub
- gun for
- hunt
- hunt for
- inquire
- inspect
- investigate
- leave no stone unturned
- look
- look for
- look high and low
- look over
- poke into
- probe
- prospect
- pry
- quest
- rake
- ransack
- rifle through
- root
- rummage
- run down
- scan
- scour
- scout
- scrutinize
- seek
- shake down
- sift
- smell around
- study
- track down
- turn inside out
- turn upside down
- beat
- beat about
- cast about
- chase after
- check
- comb
- examine
- explore
- ferret
- forage
- frisk
- go in quest of
- go over with a fine-tooth comb
- go through
- grope
- grub
- gun for
- hunt
- hunt for
- inquire
- inspect
- investigate
- leave no stone unturned
- look
- look for
- look high and low
- look over
- poke into
- probe
- prospect
- pry
- quest
- rake
- ransack
- rifle through
- root
- rummage
- run down
- scan
- scour
- scout
- scrutinize
- seek
- shake down
- sift
- smell around
- study
- track down
- turn inside out
- turn upside down
- beat
- beat about
- cast about
- chase after
- check
- comb
- examine
- explore
- ferret
- forage
- frisk
- go in quest of
- go over with a fine-tooth comb
- go through
- grope
- grub
- gun for
- hunt
- hunt for
- inquire
- inspect
- investigate
- leave no stone unturned
- look
- look for
- look high and low
- look over
- poke into
- probe
- prospect
- pry
- quest
- rake
- ransack
- rifle through
- root
- rummage
- run down
- scan
- scour
- scout
- scrutinize
- seek
- shake down
- sift
- smell around
- study
- track down
- turn inside out
- turn upside down
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