interpose
verb (used with object)
to place between; cause to intervene.
interposed
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past participleof interpose.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof interpose.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
interposeverb (used with object)to place between; cause to intervene.
Example Sentences
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"When I purposely interposed names, they said I didn't know Pelosi from Nikki," Trump said at a rally in South Carolina last month, making another gaffe.
From Salon ● Mar. 4, 2024
Such a note, seemingly interposed at random, echoes Whitman and DeFeo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2023
Then a newsreel begins to play - it shows a montage of India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Pakistan's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah, interposed with scenes of violence that marked the partition.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2022
In the nearby township of Daveyton, even while openly defying the government’s ban on political funerals, Tutu interposed himself between Black mourners and hundreds of heavily armed soldiers to prevent a violent confrontation.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 26, 2021
“Drat that boy,” interposed my sister, frowning at me over her work, “what a questioner he is. Ask no questions, and you’ll be told no lies.”
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
