How to Use prying in a Sentence

prying

adjective
  • But inquiring into the specifics of familial dynamics is impudent and prying -- and a line of questioning that most people would be happy to avoid answering themselves.
    Miss Manners | Judith Martin, Anchorage Daily News, 2023-02-04

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