On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Pry. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as lever or prise and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Pry in a sentence
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Pry meaning
- To peer closely and curiously, especially at something closed or not public.
- To inquire into something that does not concern one; to be nosy; to snoop.
- To peer at (something) closely; also, to look into (a matter, etc.) thoroughly.
Synonyms of Pry
Using Pry
- The main meaning on this page is: To peer closely and curiously, especially at something closed or not public. | To inquire into something that does not concern one; to be nosy; to snoop. | To peer at (something) closely; also, to look into (a matter, etc.) thoroughly.
- Useful related words include: lever, prise, horn in, intrude.
- In the example corpus, pry often appears in combinations such as: to pry, pry the, pry open.
Context around Pry
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 9 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pry
- In this selection, "pry" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, rhodes, gonna, sometimes, open, vital and africa stand out and add context to how "pry" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include able to pry it open and allies to pry africa away. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pry" sits close to words such as adamson, adapts and adeyemi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pry
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
If an alligator bites you, don't try to pry its jaws open. (13 words)
Mumbaikars too sometimes pry them out to let rain-waters recede more quickly. (13 words)
Today I’m trying to pry myself loose from the fear he felt. (13 words)
I’m in favor of wholesale impeachment of these top people as the best way to go, first, to pry their hands off the levers of power, and second, use the process of impeachment to move public sentiment to a firmly anti-blob position. (44 words)
Fred Pry is the Acting Vice President of Administration at Child Evangelism Fellowship (CEF), the most impactful child evangelism ministry in the world, reaching over 25 million children with its face-to-face ministry in 2023. (36 words)
Iain and Gavin Sutherland tried to get Comer to join their band on a permanent basis, and according to Carrack, they used their relative financial success as an incentive to pry him away from Ace. (35 words)
Besides, how ya gonna pry the rat out of the glue if it's still alive? (16 words)
Example sentences (20)
After tracking "The Mandarin" down and uncovering the ruse, Stark and Colonel Rhodes () pry vital information out of Slattery relating to Killian's ultimate plan.
Besides, how ya gonna pry the rat out of the glue if it's still alive?
But if you can pry him away from the bats and balls for a few minutes, man, what a story he has to tell about how he got here.
I didn’t pry any further but kept up the chit-chat until my ride arrived.
If an alligator bites you, don't try to pry its jaws open.
I’m in favor of wholesale impeachment of these top people as the best way to go, first, to pry their hands off the levers of power, and second, use the process of impeachment to move public sentiment to a firmly anti-blob position.
I was surprised to be teaching Year 8 students (JSS2 equivalent in Nigeria) decimal fractions… conversion of fractions…. these are topics that pry 5 and 6 pupils in Nigeria will conveniently trash.
Japanese infantry would often take advantage of the difficult-to-navigate terrain and attempt to pry open the hatches of larger, slower-moving tanks to drop explosives inside.
Mumbaikars too sometimes pry them out to let rain-waters recede more quickly.
Old Dominion coach Ricky Rahne and Pry were assistant coaches on the Penn State staff from 2014-19.
Perhaps Sheila used hypnosis to pry the blackmail info out of Bill and convince him to use it to her advantage.
She said the weakening of the Wagner Group could open the door for the U.S. and its allies to pry Africa away from Moscow's influence.
Today I’m trying to pry myself loose from the fear he felt.
To remove it, cut a small hole in the edge of the husk, then continue cutting along the edge until you are able to pry it open.
Using string and stakes define the borders of the garden and pry out the sod after cutting it into 1-foot squares with an edging tool or a spade.
Yes, you can replace the ear speaker on an iPhone 11. To do this, you will need to first use a plastic opening tool to carefully pry off the display assembly.
Because as bad as Pry handled several key situations last night, including the final two minutes, there’s no way that call should have been overturned.
Both iPads - drenched in blood from a cut sustained while attempting to pry open the cash register with a screwdriver - were found in his bag.
Fred Pry is the Acting Vice President of Administration at Child Evangelism Fellowship (CEF), the most impactful child evangelism ministry in the world, reaching over 25 million children with its face-to-face ministry in 2023.
Iain and Gavin Sutherland tried to get Comer to join their band on a permanent basis, and according to Carrack, they used their relative financial success as an incentive to pry him away from Ace.
Common combinations with pry
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to pry 40×
- pry the 11×
- pry open 7×
- pry him 6×
- and pry 6×
- pry it 6×
- can pry 5×
- pry into 5×
- pry bar 3×
- they pry 3×