Example Sentences

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Ultimately, she said, a higher-ranking officer came by and helped her, but only after others had interceded on her behalf.

From New York Times • Oct. 6, 2011

By the time Weiner left the podium, it seemed like ages since Breitbart had interceded.

From Slate • Jun. 7, 2011

Fighting Frenchmen approached this question with the pain and passion of their long agony; they resented the patent fact that the U.S. and British Governments had interceded for some of the arrested men.*

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week it developed that President Hoover, anxious to retain Soviet trade, had interceded with an order to Secretary Doak to adopt a more liberal policy toward Russian businessmen.

From Time Magazine Archive

And how could I tell her that I had interceded for her in vain?

From Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author by Hentz, Caroline Lee