Preposition: into

• people: It could be used to spy on citizens, to pry into people 's personal lives and to control ' troublesome ' protesters.

• secret: I'm sure I have no wish to pry into the secrets of this young man or yourself.

• matter: A desire to know and pry into such matters brings forth no fruit.

Object

• sibling: Children like having a place to keep their private belongings safe from prying siblings too - particularly in shared bedrooms.

• lens: Shortly we were all moved outside again with all four cars lined up facing the building, this time away from any prying lens.

• information: I'm sure that there are many other tricks and means for prying information out of an obscure file.

Modifies a noun

• bar: At the opposite end to the head a pry bar which can be used to lever wayward boards into place.

Modifying Another Word

• not: They may ask you about your hobbies don't worry - they are not prying!

• carefully: Using the small flat head screw driver, carefully pry the connector off starting on the sit without the bare pins exposed.

• n't: Show an interest in what your teenager is doing at school and out of school but do n't pry into their personal lives.

Followed by an intransitive particle

• up: Push the fork into the ground using your foot and pry up to loosen the layer.

Followed by a transitive particle

• open: He tries to pry open the doors, pushes the button, then starts running down the stairs.

• off: The lug wrench often has a flat end, which you can use to pry off the cover.

• up: You simply pry up the crater from all sides and work the surface grass toward the center of the crater.