interpose
verb (used with object)
to place between; cause to intervene.
was interposing
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past progressiveof interpose.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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She felt that Myra was an intruder—that Myra was interposing a wall between her and Joe—and she resented the intrusion.
From The Nine-Tenths by James Oppenheim
