intrude
verb (used with object)
to thrust or bring in without invitation, permission, or welcome.
have intruded
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present perfectof intrude.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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Grief, loss and angst have intruded upon the lives of many of us over these past few years.
From Seattle Times ● May 20, 2022
Other questions have intruded into the lives of people whose relatives died of the disease, questions that are a reminder that dying of Covid is seen as different, somehow separate from other losses.
From New York Times ● May 14, 2022
Very dry air may have intruded into that cloud deck at spots and evaporated some of the heavy rain.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 17, 2022
Bullock said at the time that the bill would have intruded on the Board of Public Education and local school boards’ constitutional authority over schools.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 3, 2021
"If this is what you have intruded into my house for—you—!"
From Fidelity A Novel by Susan Glaspell
