pry in English

verb
1
inquire too closely into a person's private affairs.
I'm sick of you prying into my personal life
synonyms:inquire impertinentlybe inquisitivebe curiouspoke around/aboutferret (about/around)spybe a busybodyeavesdroplisten intap someone's phoneintrudestick/poke one's nose in/intobe nosynosesnoop
2
use force in order to move or open (something) or to separate (something) from something else.
using a screwdriver, he pried open the window
noun
verb

Use "pry" in a sentence

Below are sample sentences containing the word "pry" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "pry", or refer to the context using the word "pry" in the English Dictionary.

1. Pry the tin open.

2. I didn't mean to pry.

3. Don't pry into the affairs of others.

4. Don't pry into private life of others.

5. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to pry.

6. They pry wood and beams searching for vermin.

7. Do not abet your friend to pry into other people's privacy.

8. I do not desire to pry into those things.

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10. He's always ready to pry into other people's business.

11. She likes to pry into private affairs of others.

12. Looks like someone tried to pry open the cassette slot.

13. Pry the crankshaft forward , position the dial indicator to zero.

14. We use an iron bar to pry open the box.

15. You'll take me blunderbuss we ye pry it from my cold, dead hands!

16. Was that why you wanted to pry into my private life?

17. We finally managed to pry the door open with a screwdriver.

18. She likes to pry into the private life of her friends.

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20. I need a victim, a mind to pry apart and spit in.

21. Anna is a private person, and I did not want to pry.

22. 29 We finally managed to pry the door open with a screwdriver.

23. As a reporter, I was paid to pry into other people's lives.

24. I had to pry his mouth open to see if his teeth were still there.

25. If you want to know his name, you have to pry it out of her.

26. I do not mean to pry, so there's no need to clam up on me.

27. I used the crowbar to pry it loose, then moved to the Trolley.

28. But she could not pry from the network the origin of the money.

29. You'll take me blunderbuss when you pry it from my cold dead hands!

30. Can you help me pry the cover off this wooden box without breaking it?

31. He heard a long time, then leng pry baseball bat and will be examined.

32. At first he expressed distaste at having to pry into a close colleague's affairs.

33. To our disappointment and frustration, these attempts to “pry at the plates” were always unsuccessful.

34. You reach in, grasp hold of one can, and pry it out of the plastic.

35. I am not the person that you are able to pry away from their friendship.

36. The remover will weaken the Caulk’s inner structure, making it easier to pry the Caulk away

37. My son hasn't given us a reason for his divorce, and we don't want to pry.

38. If you want to pry into other people'sbusiness you shall not do it here, young man.

39. Rescuers were met with a chaotic scene and crews had to use cranes to pry open the twisted cars.

40. The accumulation of obligations made it nearly impossible for the children to pry loose from the entanglement.

41. Thus, the more the mind seeks to pry into reality the farther does reality retreat from it.

42. And damn him for daring to pry into my affairs and for subtly mocking my singular state!

43. Therefore, I took it upon myself to carefully place it where naughty, little fingers could not pry.

44. Employers shouldn't try to pry into what a person does in the privacy of their own home.

45. You know, it's a spatula, it's a pry bar, it's a screwdriver and it's a blade, yeah.

46. 25 The accumulation of obligations made it nearly impossible for the children to pry loose from the entanglement.

47. Tom spent fifteen minutes trying to pry open the drawer with a crowbar, but he couldn't get it opened.

48. Apart from that, life had taught her to pry because sometimes doing so turned up the most surprising things.

49. But according to plaintiffs' attorneys, the privilege log could be invaluable in helping them pry loose potentially damning documents.

50. That is their secret, and will remain so; it behoves us not to pry, only to speculate in passing.