| He was indeed glad to get away from his wife, get away from her bustling officiousness and her overzealous approach to the events facing them. |
| I learned it in Mexico, and Spanish-speakers from elsewhere laughed at my faint air of officiousness. |
| The real problem with referees is the epic self-importance of a fairly large minority of them, their strutting officiousness. |
| Just another example of pettish bureaucracy, the officiousness of the jack-in-office. |
| They are our friends to to such a degree as even to teaze us with their officiousness. |
| From the numerous calls and contacts I have had, there are many other victims of mistaken intransigence and officiousness involving private security firms. |
