Example Sentences

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Countless Olympians have stories to tell about how the pandemic has intruded on their preparations for Tokyo and made it so much tougher than normal.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 26, 2021

Reality has intruded upon Comic-Con, the fantasy-centric pop-culture fest returning this weekend to San Diego.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2015

The upper body, which has intruded into cool unmetamorphosed rock, has created a zone of contact metamorphism.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

But interleague baseball has intruded on the autumn ritual.

From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2013

It is understood, gentlemen," said Alice Worthington, "that Mr. Ferris has intruded upon me for the last time.

From The Midnight Passenger : a novel by Savage, Richard