intersperse
verb (used with object)
to scatter here and there or place at intervals among other things.
has interspersed
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present perfectof intersperse (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Since winning his 2003 Oscar for “The Pianist,” Brody has interspersed movie projects with guest star appearances in TV shows like “Succession” and “Peaky Blinders.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2023
Rather than separate the contributors’ works, curator Haley Clouser has interspersed them so they complement and amplify each other.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 11, 2022
Vice Premier Li Keqiang, 56, is midway through a choreographed itinerary that has interspersed encounters with ordinary people with meetings with the city's official and business elite.
From Reuters ● Aug. 17, 2011
The former has interspersed his unaccountably-fantastic and unintelligible book with the most gay strokes of humour; but which, at the same time, has a greater proportion of impertinence.
From Letters on England by Voltaire
This author was a travelled courtier, and has interspersed his curious work with many lively anecdotes of the times.
From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 by Isaac Disraeli
