intrude
verb (used with object)
to thrust or bring in without invitation, permission, or welcome.
intrudes
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present tense formof intrude (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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But although Adrian soon picks up a camera as well, increasingly interested in being a filmmaker himself, he resents how his father intrudes on their time together by constantly shooting their conversations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026
The "Jerk" method identifies extremely small ground motions that occur when magma intrudes into the crust.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 15, 2026
Anderson plays the children's mother, whose presence intrudes into the family's lives despite her apparently having been killed by wolves.
From Barron's ● Feb. 14, 2026
They are living ghosts, traumatized survivors of a school shooting that occurred 10 years earlier, but the memory of which intrudes like an unwelcome guest on a wedding celebration taking place in the present.
From Seattle Times ● May 28, 2024
But then the Doctorita intrudes on my fantasy, barging into my dream house and flipping off the stereo.
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
