Sentence examples for not to pry from inspiring English sources

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When someone is told not to pry, the reason is it's "none of your beeswax".

Regardless, he said: "It's human nature not to pry into dark corners if you don't have to.

The company said its service was not to pry, but to help the district, Glendale Unified, protect its students after suicides by teenagers in the area.

The fact that we rely on Stanhope to stay messed-up makes us prurient, perhaps, but he hasn't asked us not to pry yet.

Yup, that one". "This is kinda hard or awkward to talk about, but have you ever been tested for STIs? [Wait for a response] Maybe we can get tested together?" You might also reassure your partner that you care about them and that you want to learn, support, and figure out which precautions to take — not to pry or judge their history.

Her mask of scar-concealing cosmetics, ruffled blouses in vibrant colour combinations and perky wigs simply place her neatly in her chosen milieu as a landlady; while her friendship with reluctant sorceress Effie, the genteel owner of the antiques emporium next door, is characterised by their respectable desire not to pry too deeply into each other's antecedents.

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These filmmakers need money, and if the buyers do not see marketability, they are not going to pry open their wallets very far.

Do not try to pry them open, even if they don't sound hollow – they could be "mudders": just full of dirt and maybe rotten flesh.

Luckily I'm not here to pry, I'm here to eat.

Why not try to pry Jason Kidd out of the Valley of the Sun?

I'm not going to pry, but she feels very strongly.

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