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How to use meddle in a sentence

16 example sentences · verb

Meddle means to interfere in or with; to concern oneself with unduly. Example: “They are meddling in matters that men should not wit of.”

Examples of meddle by meaning

verbTo interfere in or with; to concern oneself with unduly.

  • There is much to dislike about the proposed constitution, which will keep elected governments beholden to a senate nominated by the junta and to a suite of meddling committees.2017 January 14, “Thailand's new king rejects the army's proposed constitution”, in The Economist

More sentences with meddle

  • They are meddling in matters that men should not wit of.From the entry wit
  • Let him wander round and kids gone meddle him til he get to fighting again.2008 Winter, Michael Copperman, “Gone”, in Arkansas Review, volume 39, number 3, Arkansas State University, pages 139–145. From the entry til
  • There are piemakers who embrace the standard whipped-cream topping, and others who meddle with meringue.2007 January 14, Jennifer Steinhauer, “L.A.’s Top Banana . . .”, in New York Times. From the entry piemaker
  • A renegade timelord from the future who liked to meddle with history?1999, Thomas Slemen, Strange But True: Mysterious and Bizarre People. From the entry timelord
  • Harry's oversolicitude is no different from that of any other meddling, well-intentioned parent.1988 July 20, Sylvie Drake, “Stage Review: Gay Son's Life with Father in 'Sum of Us'”, in Los Angeles Times. From the entry oversolicitude
  • While Solborg and Lemaigre were dreaming of revolts, Donovan had learned of Solborg’s insubordination and meddling.1980, David Schoenbrun, Soldiers of the Night: The Story of the French Resistance, Dutton, →ISBN, page 203. From the entry rocket
  • Now in this world it is never wise to meddle with such things.1920, Mary Heaton Vorse, Growing Up. From the entry fraternize
  • Charges of Russian meddling, including allegations of vote-buying by a Moldovan oligarch on the lam in Russia, could have substance.2024 November 25, Fred Weir, “In shifting world, post-Soviet states look back to a constant: Russia”, in The Christian Science Monitor. From the entry on the lam
  • Without this, all social concern will be muddlesome meddling, and all work for the future will be planned disaster.1966, Alan Watts, chapter 5, in The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are, New York: Vintage, published 1989, page 116. From the entry muddlesome
  • The meddling young officer was striding toward him.1921, Harold MacGrath, The Pagan Madonna. From the entry subjectable
  • But these little fellows, who meddle with small shipping nearer home, she callously turns off borrowed ladders, to wag hemp in the wind.1927 August, Leslie Hotson, “Pirates in Parchment”, in The Atlantic. From the entry wag hemp
  • So their response to the “chest your cards” strategy is to ask even more questions, which, given an uninformed and suspicious board, may lead to even greater meddling.2018, Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, Gerald B. Kauvar, E. Gordon Gee, Leading Colleges and Universities: Lessons from Higher Education…. From the entry chest one's cards
  • A big red-faced man next to Jeremy was crying over and over again: That'll teach him to meddle with our women." "That'll teach him to meddle with our women."1992, Hugh Walpole, Jeremy and the Ruffians. From the entry over and over again
  • A big red-faced man next to Jeremy was crying over and over again: "That'll teach him to meddle with our women." "That'll teach him to meddle with our women."1992, Hugh Walpole, Jeremy and the Ruffians. From the entry that'll teach someone
  • Ten years later, as they told their ambassador at Constantinople, Sir Thomas Bendysh, they were still loth to meddle in those ‘barbarous places’ because of the ever-present hazard of avanias.1935, Alfred C. Wood, A History of the Levant Company, page 63. From the entry avania

Meaning of meddle

  1. verb To interfere in or with; to concern oneself with unduly.
  2. verb To interest or engage oneself; to have to do (with), in a good sense.
  3. verb To mix (something) with some other substance; to commingle, combine, blend.

Full definition of meddle

Questions about meddle in a sentence

How do you use meddle in a sentence?
Meddle is used as a verb. For example: “They are meddling in matters that men should not wit of.”
What is a short sentence with meddle?
“The meddling young officer was striding toward him.”
What does meddle mean?
Meddle means to interfere in or with; to concern oneself with unduly.

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