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After all, officious as it might be, the House had his good at heart.

A few minutes later, he returned with an officious look on his face.

The man might be officious, at least sometimes, but he was thorough.

The security people in the foyer were even more officious.

The chief of staff was a calm and officious man.

But the requests continued, each more officious than the last.

The officious policeman came back to where we were standing.

He blamed the officious old woman of the evening before.

Yet my officious nurse is far from alone in her attitude.

The officious woman is the new rep for the seed company.

The man was doing his job as he saw it, with a touch of officious spite.

Firmness, she thought, was the only way to deal with the officious little man.

The little twerp was being officious, trying to stop me going about my business.

Then too, the man's words had been stern, but scarcely officious.

But that officious Superintendent had made him leave it behind in the van.

At some point an officious woman turns up at their house.

To pursue actively the interests of others is to be officious.

The officious little jerk was more helpful than he meant to be.

"I'm not going to break it, you officious little policeman."

She became a teacher instead, she is probably good at it, though perhaps officious.

When he spoke he tried not to sound military or officious.

Kendall had always maintained an officious distance from the others.

He turned out to be officious, which was worse.

He was a small young man, very officious, who would never contradict a superior.

Why, we wonder, were Darlington police so officious over this?