The neighborhood busybody is telling everyone that the couple up the street is getting divorced.
that busybody across the street is always telling me how to tend to my own garden
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Of course, his message doesn't get across to everybody, and plenty see Klaatu as an interstellar busybody.—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 3 June 2025 The first week of June feels restless, as busybody Mars rouses chatty Mercury on June 5.—Liz Simmons, StyleCaster, 27 May 2025 Research on nearly 500,000 Wikipedia users reveals three rabbit hole types: hunters, busybodies and dancers.—Ann Kowal Smith, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025 Not that Miss Manners believes that hearing that explanation — or any other — would discourage a determined busybody.—Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 14 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for busybody
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