On this page you'll find 8 example sentences with Busybody. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as meddler and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Busybody in a sentence
Busybody meaning
- Someone who interferes with others; one who is nosy, intrusive or meddlesome.
- A device consisting of three mirrors that, when attached to the wall of a house, allows an occupant to see who is at the front door without a direct line of sight.
Synonyms of Busybody
Using Busybody
- The main meaning on this page is: Someone who interferes with others; one who is nosy, intrusive or meddlesome. | A device consisting of three mirrors that, when attached to the wall of a house, allows an occupant to see who is at the front door without a direct line of sight.
- Useful related words include: nosy-parker, nosey-parker, quidnunc, meddler.
Context around Busybody
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 4 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Busybody
- In this selection, "busybody" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, government, misnamed, tedious, next, think and knew stand out and add context to how "busybody" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include fascist government busybody with their and is a busybody and likes. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "busybody" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aaba and aafc, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with busybody
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Ms. Dolittle, the misnamed busybody, next came to me. (9 words)
Ena was the street's busybody, battleaxe and self-proclaimed moral voice. (12 words)
The Chief Host had also warned that Idahosa was a busybody, merely risking his life. (15 words)
They take sincere offense at Walz's hypocritical "mind your own business" line when he is the living, breathing example of the ultimate fascist government busybody with their nose in everyone's beeswax. (33 words)
The children did pretty good staying with us, although nighttime was a little hard for T.J. He is a busybody and likes to wake up early. (27 words)
Mercifully, nobody has got to her about gender stereotypes, though tedious busybody think-tanks suggest children are taught about them at the age of two. (25 words)
Example sentences (8)
They take sincere offense at Walz's hypocritical "mind your own business" line when he is the living, breathing example of the ultimate fascist government busybody with their nose in everyone's beeswax.
Ms. Dolittle, the misnamed busybody, next came to me.
The children did pretty good staying with us, although nighttime was a little hard for T.J. He is a busybody and likes to wake up early.
Mercifully, nobody has got to her about gender stereotypes, though tedious busybody think-tanks suggest children are taught about them at the age of two.
The busybody knew she was an easy target, since she was in uniform and therefore couldn't throw her coffee in the biatch's face.
The Chief Host had also warned that Idahosa was a busybody, merely risking his life.
Ena was the street's busybody, battleaxe and self-proclaimed moral voice.
Her first appearance on the stage was at Haymarket in 1755 as Miranda in Mrs Centlivre 's play, Busybody.