| 1. | That shine, yet bear thir bright officious Lamps. - from Paradise Lost by John Milton |
| 2. | I mean your malice-know, officious lords. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 3. | The fact is, that you were sick of civility, of deference, of officious attention. - from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
| 4. | The maids officious round their mistress wai. - from The Iliad of Homer by Homer |
| 5. | "What make ye here, officious crowds he cries. - from The Iliad of Homer by Homer |
| 6. | Cratchit, kissing her a dozen times, and taking off her shawl and bonnet for her with officious zeal. - from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens |
| 7. | being so far officious for I am proof against that title, an. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 8. | Ion's suspicions at once fell upon the obsequious servant of Crusa, who with such officious attention had filled his cup. - from Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by E.M. Berens |
| 9. | But in these obscure aristocratic byways he could not but feel that an officious policeman might stop him to explain matters. - from The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie |