meddled; meddling
ˈmed-liŋ,
ˈme-dᵊl-iŋ
: to interest oneself in what is not one's concern : interfere without right or propriety (see propriety sense 1)
I never meddle in other people's private affairs—
G. B. Shaw
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Examples of meddle in a Sentence
please stop meddling in your sister's marriage, even though you mean well
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The situations created for our entertainment are heightened by circumstance, by meddling producers, by emotions and alcohol and the bright lights on the set.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 9 July 2024
Prosecutors have sought to undermine that strategy, and Mr. Grewal appears to be a central aspect of that, given that the government says Mr. Menendez personally called the attorney general and later met with him in an effort to meddle in a criminal investigation.
—Benjamin Weiser, New York Times, 6 June 2024
Post-Soviet Russia has a long history of meddling in post-Soviet Georgia, and most Georgians retain a deep antipathy to Moscow.
—Thomas De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 3 June 2024
Trump later fired Comey and blasted FBI agents, repeatedly, for investigating him and his campaign for potentially colluding with Russia’s efforts to meddle in the 2016 election on his behalf.
—Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 5 June 2024
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Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 9 July 2024
Prosecutors have sought to undermine that strategy, and Mr. Grewal appears to be a central aspect of that, given that the government says Mr. Menendez personally called the attorney general and later met with him in an effort to meddle in a criminal investigation.
—Benjamin Weiser, New York Times, 6 June 2024
Post-Soviet Russia has a long history of meddling in post-Soviet Georgia, and most Georgians retain a deep antipathy to Moscow.
—Thomas De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 3 June 2024
Trump later fired Comey and blasted FBI agents, repeatedly, for investigating him and his campaign for potentially colluding with Russia’s efforts to meddle in the 2016 election on his behalf.
—Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 5 June 2024
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“Meddle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/meddle. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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