I don't want to pry

Grammar usage guide and real-world examples

"I don't want to pry, but wouldn't the toilet tissue obscure the evidence?" No.

Say something like, "Hey, I don't want to pry, but what time is (insert friend's name here) usually available?" A better option is to just ask the person you want to call.

But I have a lot of men, but they don't always want to talk about what's going on and you don't want to pry.

We don't want to pry.

We don't want to pry into other people's personal lives, just as we don't want others prying into our own.

Though you don't want to pry or ask too many questions, you should be involved and know what she's doing and where she's going.

They're pretty good with not prying if I don't want to talk about it.

I don't want to give the idea that all Koreans take pleasure in prying through the romantic lives of ex-pats.

I don't want to do that.

Especially when it's taking a bit of time as well [inaudible] they don't want to … don't really want to discuss it, touchy subject, so I don't really pry too much into it" (Interview 3, age 35, prepared group).

To be fair, earnings calls are always a dance, where analysts try to pry more financial details and future plans out of executives, while executives don't want to give anything away.