Overly officious, he issued an amazing 10 yellow cards and one red, in what wasn't a dirty game. |
Our underlying concern is that we could get one or two officious people policing it. |
I was stopped at the University gates by an officious guard who asked me for my faculty card. |
An officious camp guard, armed with a stout pole for the purposes of crowd control, herds them roughly away. |
The worst were the overly officious customs officials who are no advert for American hospitality. |
Hospitals could be pointlessly officious on such matters as visiting rights for parents. |