Examples of busybody in a Sentence
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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Not that Miss Manners believes that hearing that explanation — or any other — would discourage a determined busybody.
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Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 14 Jan. 2025
Of all people to hand a secret to, a religious busybody has to be among the worst.
—Caroline Framke, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2024
Fiona Shaw plays the maiden sister of Roger Muldoon, friend of Grace, general busybody, possessor of zero ability to read a room.
—Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
This style of browsing is distinct from the hunter and the busybody, as the dancer weaves a path through new information across broad subjects that have some tangible link.
—New Atlas, 27 Oct. 2024
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Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 14 Jan. 2025
Of all people to hand a secret to, a religious busybody has to be among the worst.
—Caroline Framke, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2024
Fiona Shaw plays the maiden sister of Roger Muldoon, friend of Grace, general busybody, possessor of zero ability to read a room.
—Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
This style of browsing is distinct from the hunter and the busybody, as the dancer weaves a path through new information across broad subjects that have some tangible link.
—New Atlas, 27 Oct. 2024
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“Busybody.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/busybody. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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busybody
noun
busy·body
ˈbiz-ē-ˌbäd-ē 
: a person who meddles in the affairs of others
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