Have I been tricked into meddling with fairies, and will I discover presently that twenty years have passed and that I am an old man long since lost to the living world with nothing but the skeleton of my dog for company?
"If I hear of any more meddling and sneaking I'll slit your throats, and rip out your hearts and tear your eyes out.
The course of acquaintance between Ginevra and him had never run so smooth that his temper did not undergo a certain crisping process whenever he heard her English accent: nothing in their dispositions fitted; they jarred if they came in contact; he held her empty and affected; she deemed him bearish, meddling, repellent.
It is because of this and the bad, bad habit of meddling in the affairs of other people into which it has led him that Peter Rabbit has such long ears.
" "I don't call it meddling.
It was rank meddling, but I do love meddling in a good cause.
I got the dish-cloth, and rather spitefully scrubbed Edgar's nose and mouth, affirming it served him right for meddling.
She had watched Molly's efforts with lazy interest, and when the girl gave up meddling with her affairs, as she called the housekeeping, Miss Bat ceased to oppose her, and let her scrub Boo, mend clothes, and brush her hair as much as she liked.
"What are you meddling with my deeds for?
"Dorlcote Mill's been in our family a hundred year and better, and nobody ever heard of a Pivart meddling with the river, till this fellow came and bought Bincome's farm out of hand, before anybody else could so much as say 'snap.
"Whatever you do in the end, Dorothea, you should really keep back at present, and not volunteer any meddling with this Bulstrode business.
Lydgate paused in his movements, looked at her again, and said, with biting severity— "Will this be enough to convince you of the harm you may do by secret meddling?
The affair of the amethyst brooch cured me of meddling with things that didn't belong to me.
Presumably that means not expecting a wife to stay home and put up with a meddling mother-in-law.
Mr Trump had tweeted to attack a report the New York Times had written that suggested White House counsel Donald McGahn has been cooperating extensively with special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election and possible collusion with Trump campaign officials.
Since the accusations of political meddling, Australia has taken steps to curb foreign interference, introducing a series of bills aimed at strengthening the country's espionage laws and criminalizing efforts to interfere in Australian democracy.
Obama to respond to criticism that he should speak out more about Russian meddling.
"From the first Mac to the latest iPhone, "iPhone, Jobs's systems have always been sealed shut to prevent consumers from meddling and modifying them," ,.
But John Couch and the other professional engineers on his Lisa team, many of them buttoned-down HP types, resented Jobs's meddling and were infuriated by his frequent insults.
Presumably that means not expecting a wife to stay home and put up with a meddling mother-in-law.
