pry

Mark’s hands try to pry open the back of his head, his eyes peering out from his skull.

He clamps his eyes closed, and when he refuses to open them at Romy’s request, she reaches up to pry open his eyelids, causing him to smile.

Two fans tried to pull the ball from Betts’ glove, with one prying his glove open while the other grabbed his wrist to keep him from pulling away.

In her essay, Jay gets candid about having “a window into her life pried open” for the public — and her therapy patients — to see.

I didn’t ask him anything, because I’m not that person who wants to pry into someone’s life or say, “How was it for you in the inside?,” all that stuff.