Example Sentences

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As real-life danger threatens the brave young heroes, supernatural forces will intercede in their defense.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2025

Those who break their word, mediators say, are excluded from the unwritten pact that governs much of Libyan society: The next time they are involved in a dispute, no one will intercede.

From New York Times • Jul. 31, 2022

For example, many people believe that if they pray hard enough God will intercede to heal them or a loved one.

From Scientific American • May 20, 2020

Cano will intercede, taking the phones to snap portraits while also guiding the candidate toward whatever bench or stepladder he will be standing on that day to address the crowd.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 2, 2018

“My spirit will intercede for you, so that Chukwu will send a good man to take care of you and the children.”

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie