intersperse
verb (used with object)
to scatter here and there or place at intervals among other things.
had interspersed
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past perfectof intersperse.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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These fragments of poetical prose which Manisty had interspersed amid a serious political argument—were they really an adornment of the book, or a blur upon it?
From Eleanor by Mrs. Humphry Ward
By a very skillful arrangement they had interspersed groups of children, that with happy effect broke the monotony of the procession.
From 'Clear the Track' A Story of To-day by Elisabeth Buerstenbinder (AKA E. Werner)
He was tempted to go away and leave the gentle lady in peace, with her basket of roots, and the fragrant flowers with which she had interspersed them.
From Silent Struggles by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens
The Rev. John Cotton had indulged in flowing versification, and even Governor Bradford had interspersed his severer cares with visions of softer strains.
From A Little Girl in Old Boston by Amanda Minnie Douglas
The rest he had interspersed between the centre and the wing, and he had a hundred and ten complete cohorts; these amounted to forty-five thousand men.
From "De Bello Gallico" and Other Commentaries by Julius Caesar
