intrude
verb (used with object)
to thrust or bring in without invitation, permission, or welcome.
has been intruding
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present perfect progressiveof intrude (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Even before the pandemic, China’s economy wasn’t growing the way it once had, and the government has been intruding more and more into everyday life.
From New York Times ● Apr. 22, 2020
He said to their leader, "Art thou the impertinent fellow who has been intruding upon my premises, in my absence?"
From Isaac T. Hopper by Lydia Maria Francis Child
If, meanwhile, he has been "intruding into those things which he hath not seen," like affecting an angelic religion,—then it were hardly possible but that he should mistake fancy for fact.
From The Growth of Thought As Affecting the Progress of Society by William Withington
