Sample Sentences for
meddle
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    Harry Potter must not meddle in this, sir, 'tis too dangerous—  (source)
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    Well, he can make somebody's will so airtight can't anybody meddle with it.  (source)
    meddle = interfere (with the stated desires)
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    Clover asked Benjamin to read her the Sixth Commandment, and when Benjamin, as usual, said that he refused to meddle in such matters, she fetched Muriel.  (source)
    meddle = get involved with something where involvement isn't warranted
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    But, son, I am angry that thou shouldst meddle in the business that belongs to these dirty Assamese jungle folk.  (source)
    meddle = interfere
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    Chris saw this as meddling and referred to the letter as "stupid" when he talked to Carine.  (source)
    meddling = interfering (getting involved where not wanted)
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    If we meddled in every squabble and catfight we saw, we'd never be done.†  (source)
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    He was, I felt, something of a meddler.†  (source)
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    Your principal meddles.†  (source)
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    So, perhaps that is where one must eventually head, if one has any hopes of achieving enlightenment without the interference of meddlers.†  (source)
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    But who art thou, that meddlest in this matter?†  (source)
    standard suffix: Today, the suffix "-st" is dropped, so that where they said "Thou meddlest" in older English, today we say "You meddle."
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    26:17 He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.†  (source)
    standard suffix: Today, the suffix "-th" is replaced by "-s", so that where they said "She meddleth" in older English, today we say "She meddles."
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    Who told you you might meddle with such hifalut'n foolishness, hey?  (source)
    meddle = interfere
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    I want no messing about when you go in! No touching, no meddling, and no tasting!  (source)
    meddling = interfering (in another's affairs or business); or handling (something that shouldn't be handled)
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