How to Use nosy in a Sentence

nosy

adjective
  • This will keep out nosy children and pets.
    — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Dec. 2025
  • This will keep out nosy children and pets.
    — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Not just go away from a pack of nosy reporters, but the whole thing.
    — Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Maybe Asha and Ravi want to throw nosy aunties off the scent.
    — Sonia Rao, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2022
  • Dodge nosy questions about your love life with a clever diversion.
    — Jenna Ryu, SELF, 31 July 2024
  • My gripe is, why do people have to be so nosy and blunt about my condition?
    — Amy Dickinson, The Denver Post, 22 Oct. 2019
  • Agnes, the nosy neighbor, is asking if scenes can be taken from the top.
    — Jen Chaney, Vulture, 5 Feb. 2021
  • There is no end to the nosy, rude and sometimes stupid questions people ask.
    — Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 17 Feb. 2024
  • This was an old trick sometimes performed for nosy outsiders.
    — Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
  • Each was then read aloud, as players guessed who had asked and answered which nosy questions.
    — Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2025
  • Send the next wave of nosy reporters on a wild goose chase down the nearest toilet while this blows over.
    — Mark Lisanti, Vanities, 4 May 2018
  • Turns out, the antidote to any reading slump is just being nosy.
    — Meg Zukin, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2025
  • Satchel is his ward Colt, and bristles at Hunk’s nosy questions.
    — Nick Schager, EW.com, 16 Nov. 2020
  • The Dabrowskis bravely lie and stare down nosy neighbors to protect their charges.
    — Julia M. Klein, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Your partner's going down on you, but then a nosy Laird starts tapping at the door.
    — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 22 Oct. 2017
  • Luca had been a good sport the whole time a nosy visitor decided to stop by and pester mom and dad.
    — Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 29 Nov. 2021
  • Many hedges, bushes, and trees can block sight lines, so even the nosiest of neighbors will be forced to mind their own business.
    — Helena Madden, Martha Stewart, 3 July 2026
  • Despite what Nancy the nosy neighbor may tell you, there is a right way and a wrong way to clean wood floors.
    — Zoe Gowen, Southern Living, 22 Nov. 2025
  • Willona Woods Willona was more than just the nosy neighbor on Good Times.
    — Michael Harriot, The Root, 13 May 2017
  • But barbed comments from strangers may be ignored, and nosy questions may be deflected.
    — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 29 Dec. 2025
  • For all of the nosy curious minds out there, Ant's ex-wife is Louise Anstead.
    — Elizabeth Gulino, House Beautiful, 10 June 2019
  • Kathryn plays one of her most unique roles of Agatha Harkness, a witch guising as a nosy neighbor.
    — Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 6 Apr. 2023
  • My hours on YouTube loomed large on a bar graph - tsk-tsking me like a nosy, judgmental friend.
    — William Wan, chicagotribune.com, 5 July 2018
  • The trend is not reserved for college admissions and doctors and nosy-parkers like me.
    — Brianna Snyder, Wired News, 25 Apr. 2015
  • Kathryn Hahn is an utter delight as the nosy next-door neighbor who seems to be hiding a secret.
    — Eliana Dockterman, Time, 16 Jan. 2021
  • When someone has time to sit and around to be nosy in the business of others, that someone needs a life and is surely up to no good.
    — Dr. June Hall, chicagotribune.com, 8 Sep. 2021
  • One of the most effective ways to get a nosy reporter to drop a story is to offer something better.
    — Ben Widdicombe, Town & Country, 18 Jan. 2019
  • Spring is in full gear with warmer temperatures, rainy weather and of course, the arrival of one of the nosiest insects.
    — Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 11 May 2025
  • Meanwhile, a detective, the sister-in-law’s boyfriend, and a nosy neighbor follow their trail.
    — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 20 Sep. 2021
  • There’s not a better cover in the world for being aggressively nosy than walking your dog.
    — Sherry Kuehl, Kansas City Star, 6 Aug. 2025

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