intrude
verb (used with object)
to thrust or bring in without invitation, permission, or welcome.
will intrude
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future tenseof intrude.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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As climate change intensifies, studies show that salt water will intrude farther up the Sacramento-San Joaquin estuary, further threatening the purity of water taken by public utilities in Contra Costa County and Southern California.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2022
And there is one more would-be visitor on the guest list they fear will intrude: the coronavirus itself.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 1, 2021
Returning to the courtroom makes it much less likely that extraneous noises, like what sounded like a flushing toilet that could be heard during an argument last year, will intrude.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 3, 2021
Reality will intrude regardless, in more ways than one.
From New York Times ● Jul. 23, 2021
‘Herr Doctor, if you will kindly give me them, I will intrude no longer.’
From Prince Otto, a Romance by Robert Louis Stevenson
