intrude
verb (used with object)
to thrust or bring in without invitation, permission, or welcome.
was intruding
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past progressiveof intrude.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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I did not know it at the time, but obsessive compulsive disorder was intruding into my life.
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2024
But my biggest fear was intruding on the way in which they understood themselves and their lives.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2022
Aware that she was intruding on a family’s “sacred space” during the worst moment of their lives, she always took the same approach.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 26, 2021
“Somebody needs to be intrusive into this state’s business. Because if somebody was intruding, probably these things would not happen.”
From New York Times ● May 12, 2015
Worse than that, I felt uncomfortable, as if I was intruding.
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
