Nosy Definition & Meaning

Example Sentences

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But I was too nosy, and I’d have given just about anything to find out what made all the blood drain out of her face like that.

From Literature

I had assumed she was snooping through my stuff—my sister can be nosy—but what if Emma is right?

From Literature

They were designed to keep nosy polar bears from coming right through the front door.

From Literature

It had been work, exhilarating but exhausting all the same, constantly having to befuddle building supers and bellhops and nosy neighbors just for a place to sleep.

From Literature

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