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Meanings of pry into in English

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Usage of pry into in English
1
The daylight seemed to pry into the secrets of the past night.
Strange Visitors / A series of original papers, embracing philos...
2
It does not become man to pry into the mysteries of Allah.
Mohammed Ali and His House
3
It was not necessary to pry into them-itmight even be unkindness.
A Millionaire of Yesterday
4
I don't want to pry into your cupboards or into your larder.
The Complete Short Stories Vol. 1
5
Their curiosity is boundless, and they will pry into everything within reach.
Nature's Serial Story
6
It was not a matter for their comrades to pry into over-much.
A Set of Six
7
But they have curiosity, and want to peer and pry into things.
Lord Dolphin
8
You know Nat always did want to pry into everything he saw.
Pathfinder; or, The Missing Tenderfoot
9
Borderman or not, you have no right to pry into my affairs.
The Last Trail
10
They only gossip and pry into their neighbours' affairs and make mischief.
From One Generation to Another
11
I know that, and I never did pry into other people's affairs.
Weighed and Wanting
12
Now, go to your cabin, and never pry into my affairs again.'
The Czar's Spy: The Mystery of a Silent Love
13
I don't allow an impertinent boy to pry into my private affairs.
The Monctons: A Novel. Volume 1 (of 2)
14
Shall I not seem as if wishing to pry into his secrets?
The Wandering Jew — Volume 07
15
Mrs. Gaunt declined, with cold dignity, to pry into Brother Leonard's manuscripts.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866 / A Magazi...
16
What right had he to come here, to pry into our affairs?
Taquisara
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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