Wondering how to use Meddle in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as tamper or intervene.
Meddle in a sentence
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Meddle meaning
- To interfere in or with; to concern oneself with unduly.
- To interest or engage oneself; to have to do (with), in a good sense.
- To mix (something) with some other substance; to commingle, combine, blend.
Using Meddle
- The main meaning on this page is: To interfere in or with; to concern oneself with unduly. | To interest or engage oneself; to have to do (with), in a good sense. | To mix (something) with some other substance; to commingle, combine, blend.
- Useful related words include: tamper, intervene, step in, interfere.
- In the example corpus, meddle often appears in combinations such as: meddle in, to meddle, meddle with.
Context around Meddle
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 11 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 1 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Meddle
- In this selection, "meddle" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, new and claims stand out and add context to how "meddle" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 15pm mr meddle claims the and attempts to meddle in russia. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "meddle" sits close to words such as abate, aeronautics and affidavits, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with meddle
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Kraft also knows better than to meddle. (7 words)
First, you cannot know everything and thus don’t meddle. (10 words)
Although he doesn’t meddle in human affairs often, he retaliates when he feels threatened. (15 words)
Akinci, a strong supporter of a federal accord with Greek Cypriots and a champion of Turkish Cypriots who oppose Turkey’s complete dominion over their affairs, denounced the move as a “stain” on democracy and a direct bid to meddle in the election. (43 words)
Supporters of Putin say the foreign agent law is necessary to counter Western attempts to meddle in Russia’s domestic affairs amid what Putin casts as a proxy war in Ukraine between Russia and the West. (36 words)
On abortion, Jackson believes the federal government shouldn’t meddle in a decision best left to a woman and her doctor, and says he is satisfied with the campaign’s handling of the issue. (34 words)
City Views: Could Ontario’s new meddle and pedal law lead to rethink of Kingston’s cycling plans? (18 words)
This has the potential to become the biggest story Genoa City has seen in quite some time, so Leanna will meddle with everything she’s got! (26 words)
Example sentences (20)
Although he doesn’t meddle in human affairs often, he retaliates when he feels threatened.
CJP Bandial stated that the judiciary did not want to meddle in the legislative either and that it had not taken notice itself but a petition had been filed.
Kraft also knows better than to meddle.
Ratings were never as high as other shows though, and by the fourth season, ABC began to meddle with the show.
She was the kind that did not meddle in her sons’ marriages and her daughter-in-laws respected her for that.
The national commissioner has taken a decision and that decision was not interfered with, neither did we meddle with it," the Justice and Correctional Services minister told journalists.
The only way this will work is if Steichen can draft his own quarterback and Irsay does not meddle.
This has the potential to become the biggest story Genoa City has seen in quite some time, so Leanna will meddle with everything she’s got!
After returning at about 3.15pm Mr Meddle claims the group of youths were vandalising the toilets and had started a fire.
As the timeline progresses closer to our current date, this feels like an increasingly jarring decision, as the consequences of the conflicts you meddle in are still relevant today.
City Views: Could Ontario’s new meddle and pedal law lead to rethink of Kingston’s cycling plans?
Experts say Taiwan was able to rebuff China’s efforts to meddle with their democracy by taking the challenge of disinformation seriously.
On abortion, Jackson believes the federal government shouldn’t meddle in a decision best left to a woman and her doctor, and says he is satisfied with the campaign’s handling of the issue.
Pocock said it was “outrageous” the CER “feels like they have the right to meddle in that process by contacting people who are making submissions” during a review into the industry it regulates.
Sunak would never meddle with the precedent that an incoming Prime Minister doesn’t play around with the honours list of an outgoing Prime Minister.
Supporters of Putin say the foreign agent law is necessary to counter Western attempts to meddle in Russia’s domestic affairs amid what Putin casts as a proxy war in Ukraine between Russia and the West.
Akinci, a strong supporter of a federal accord with Greek Cypriots and a champion of Turkish Cypriots who oppose Turkey’s complete dominion over their affairs, denounced the move as a “stain” on democracy and a direct bid to meddle in the election.
As powerful as they are, they also tend to get bored and when they get bored they like to meddle in the worst possible ways.
First, you cannot know everything and thus don’t meddle.
If you are a newbie, simply starting to meddle the wonderful globe of embroidery, or a skilled veteran, choosing the appropriate stitching maker is vital.
Common combinations with meddle
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- meddle in 50×
- to meddle 46×
- meddle with 13×
- not meddle 6×
- did meddle 3×
- will meddle 2×
- meddle and 2×
- don meddle 2×
- meddle sewing 2×
- would meddle 2×