Pry
verb
To use force or effort to open or separate something.
I had to pry the window open because it was stuck.
Often appears as...
- pry it open
- pry apart
verb
To inquire about someone's personal affairs in a way that is not welcomed.
It's rude to pry into other people's lives.
Often appears as...
- pry into problems
- pry into affairs
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To rise, move or force something by leverage.
With a crowbar, he was able to pry the door open.
Often appears as...
- pry up
- pry loose
noun
An act of prying.
I felt uncomfortable with her pry into my personal life
Often appears as...
- act of pry
- a pry
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To use force or effort to open or separate something.
I had to pry the window open because it was stuck.
Often appears as...
- pry it open
- pry apart
verb
To inquire about someone's personal affairs in a way that is not welcomed.
It's rude to pry into other people's lives.
Often appears as...
- pry into problems
- pry into affairs
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To rise, move or force something by leverage.
With a crowbar, he was able to pry the door open.
Often appears as...
- pry up
- pry loose
noun
An act of prying.
I felt uncomfortable with her pry into my personal life
Often appears as...
- act of pry
- a pry
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Effort
Refers to using strength or tools to open something that doesn't easily open.
He used a screwdriver to pry the paint can lid off.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Subtle
Using 'pry' suggests a lack of finesse, often involving a tool or brute force.
She had to pry the stubborn nail out of the wood.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Effort
Refers to using strength or tools to open something that doesn't easily open.
He used a screwdriver to pry the paint can lid off.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Subtle
Using 'pry' suggests a lack of finesse, often involving a tool or brute force.
She had to pry the stubborn nail out of the wood.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Effort
Refers to using strength or tools to open something that doesn't easily open.
He used a screwdriver to pry the paint can lid off.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Subtle
Using 'pry' suggests a lack of finesse, often involving a tool or brute force.
She had to pry the stubborn nail out of the wood.
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Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man...
He pried mankind off the chain and claimed that humans have a unique ability to take any position they want. Pico claimed that God desired a being capable of comprehending the beautiful and complicated universe he had created. This led to the creation of mankind, which he placed at the center of the universe with the ability to take whatever form he pleases.
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A queer vision of love...
I have allowed my wife to do all of the emotional labor of prying open the lines of communication when I'd rather clam up and run away. I've stripped away emotional support instead of facing my own vulnerabilities, particularly around the heartbreaking miscarriage we suffered last year, and I'm sorry for that.
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Bran Ferren: To create...
and just as my parents did when they took me to science museums, we need to encourage them to find their own path, even if it's very different from our own. But a cautionary We also need to periodically pry them away from their modern miracles, the computers, phones, tablets,
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How squids outsmart...
Some squid species have also developed unique adaptive behaviors. The deep-sea vampire squid, when startled, uses its webbed arms to make a cape it hides behind. The tiny bobtail, on the other hand, tosses sand over its body as it burrows away from prying eyes.
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Which is better: Soap or...
This outer structure helps the molecular machinery of the virus break through cellular membranes and hijack our cells. But it has thousands upon thousands of weak points where the right molecules could pry it apart. And this is where soap comes in.
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What causes dandruff,...
and pry its barrier open, allowing water to escape. The body detects these breaches and responds defensively, causing the inflammation that gives dandruff it’s itch. It also makes the skin cells proliferate to repair the damaged barrier.
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Heather Brooke: My...
all over the world between bewigged and bestockinged officials who think that they can rule over us without very much prying from the public, and then suddenly confronted with a public who is no longer content with that arrangement,
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Free Love PIPE National...
said let me in your room and she said if you can come in then come in was in the height when I could thought I used my knife to pry open the door and just when I was about to open it I woke up her scary doll
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14 Tips On How To Have A...
when you're prying presents for people and you're buying all this extra food you start to really see the amount that's coming into your life you can
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Nudist Camp PIPE National...
neighbors this isolation works two ways it protects nude residents from prying
Video examples
Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man...
He pried mankind off the chain and claimed that humans have a unique ability to take any position they want. Pico claimed that God desired a being capable of comprehending the beautiful and complicated universe he had created. This led to the creation of mankind, which he placed at the center of the universe with the ability to take whatever form he pleases.
Video examples
A queer vision of love...
I have allowed my wife to do all of the emotional labor of prying open the lines of communication when I'd rather clam up and run away. I've stripped away emotional support instead of facing my own vulnerabilities, particularly around the heartbreaking miscarriage we suffered last year, and I'm sorry for that.
Video examples
Bran Ferren: To create...
and just as my parents did when they took me to science museums, we need to encourage them to find their own path, even if it's very different from our own. But a cautionary We also need to periodically pry them away from their modern miracles, the computers, phones, tablets,
Video examples
How squids outsmart...
Some squid species have also developed unique adaptive behaviors. The deep-sea vampire squid, when startled, uses its webbed arms to make a cape it hides behind. The tiny bobtail, on the other hand, tosses sand over its body as it burrows away from prying eyes.
Video examples
Which is better: Soap or...
This outer structure helps the molecular machinery of the virus break through cellular membranes and hijack our cells. But it has thousands upon thousands of weak points where the right molecules could pry it apart. And this is where soap comes in.
Video examples
What causes dandruff,...
and pry its barrier open, allowing water to escape. The body detects these breaches and responds defensively, causing the inflammation that gives dandruff it’s itch. It also makes the skin cells proliferate to repair the damaged barrier.
Video examples
Heather Brooke: My...
all over the world between bewigged and bestockinged officials who think that they can rule over us without very much prying from the public, and then suddenly confronted with a public who is no longer content with that arrangement,
Video examples
Free Love PIPE National...
said let me in your room and she said if you can come in then come in was in the height when I could thought I used my knife to pry open the door and just when I was about to open it I woke up her scary doll
Video examples
14 Tips On How To Have A...
when you're prying presents for people and you're buying all this extra food you start to really see the amount that's coming into your life you can
Video examples
Nudist Camp PIPE National...
neighbors this isolation works two ways it protects nude residents from prying
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Quote examples
R. J. Cutler
American Producer
I think the biggest challenge we faced in making 'The September Issue' was the fact that people in the fashion world are very suspicious of cameras. They're used to a camera being the enemy, something that is prying and looking to catch you in a compromising position, something that's judging you.
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Eminem
American Rapper
I don't know if I ever feel totally great about a record when I put it out. With every record that I put out, someone has literally got to come pry it from me because when I listen to my own music, I just hear flaws in it.
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Delilah
British Musician
It's what I do best - pry into people's business and mind their business. I can't help myself. I can't even go through the grocery line of the grocery store without talking to people and then giving them my opinion.
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Helen Thomas
American Journalist
I covered Kennedy when she was three years old and the darling daughter of President Kennedy who doted on her and whose mother did everything to protect her from the prying press.
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Simon Sinek
English Author
The U.S. Constitution protects our privacy from the prying eyes of government. It does not, however, protect us from the prying eyes of companies and corporations.
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Frank Ocean
American Musician
As a writer, as a creator, I'm giving you my experiences. But just take what I give you. You ain't got to pry beyond that.
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John Byrne
American Author
I have no interest in anybody's life that way so it defeats me why people go to that length to pry.
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Marvin Olasky
American Educator
On sensitive issues, talk isn't cheap - it takes real courage to pry open topics nailed shut.
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Katherine Kelly
English Actress
I'd be a terrible journalist. I wouldn't want to pry; I just don't have that nature.
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Martin Luther King III
American Activist
Climate change pries further apart the haves and have-nots.
Quote examples
R. J. Cutler
American Producer
I think the biggest challenge we faced in making 'The September Issue' was the fact that people in the fashion world are very suspicious of cameras. They're used to a camera being the enemy, something that is prying and looking to catch you in a compromising position, something that's judging you.
Quote examples
Eminem
American Rapper
I don't know if I ever feel totally great about a record when I put it out. With every record that I put out, someone has literally got to come pry it from me because when I listen to my own music, I just hear flaws in it.
Quote examples
Delilah
British Musician
It's what I do best - pry into people's business and mind their business. I can't help myself. I can't even go through the grocery line of the grocery store without talking to people and then giving them my opinion.
Quote examples
Helen Thomas
American Journalist
I covered Kennedy when she was three years old and the darling daughter of President Kennedy who doted on her and whose mother did everything to protect her from the prying press.
Quote examples
Simon Sinek
English Author
The U.S. Constitution protects our privacy from the prying eyes of government. It does not, however, protect us from the prying eyes of companies and corporations.
Quote examples
Frank Ocean
American Musician
As a writer, as a creator, I'm giving you my experiences. But just take what I give you. You ain't got to pry beyond that.
Quote examples
John Byrne
American Author
I have no interest in anybody's life that way so it defeats me why people go to that length to pry.
Quote examples
Marvin Olasky
American Educator
On sensitive issues, talk isn't cheap - it takes real courage to pry open topics nailed shut.
Quote examples
Katherine Kelly
English Actress
I'd be a terrible journalist. I wouldn't want to pry; I just don't have that nature.
Quote examples
Martin Luther King III
American Activist
Climate change pries further apart the haves and have-nots.
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