The neighborhood busybody is telling everyone that the couple up the street is getting divorced.
that busybody across the street is always telling me how to tend to my own garden
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Jemma is a confident woman who has an air of big city and is the town’s busybody.—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 17 July 2025 Of course, his message doesn't get across to everybody, and plenty see Klaatu as an interstellar busybody.—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 3 June 2025 The first week of June feels restless, as busybody Mars rouses chatty Mercury on June 5.—Liz Simmons, StyleCaster, 27 May 2025 Research on nearly 500,000 Wikipedia users reveals three rabbit hole types: hunters, busybodies and dancers.—Ann Kowal Smith, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for busybody
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