was intruding
- past progressive of intrude.
Example Sentences
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Urs Fehr and his Thai wife Khanuengnit said they thought she was intruding on their property.
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2024
It took a minute for me to feel like I was supposed to be there and not like I was intruding.
From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2023
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
Harry had never seen Lupin lose control before; he felt as though he was intruding upon something private, indecent.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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