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interject

[in-ter-jekt] / ˌɪn tərˈdʒɛkt /


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The same principle applies in meetings: Bosses should hold back their opinions until others have spoken, and not interject even to express agreement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 26, 2025

Both said they see Hunter starting as a cornerback, with Callahan adding: "Then you find ways to interject him into the offence as he gets more comfortable."

From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2025

But so few interject a sense of play into our sleep habits.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2024

"Quiet, please," he continued when Harris tried to interject, in seeming reference to her well-known response to former VP Mike Pence's interruptions during a 2020 debate.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2024

There was hardly time for explanations, much less an argument, but I pattered on, leaving no room for him to interject.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

Throughout our conversation, in fact, the pair chuckles, nods along to each other’s answers, interjects sounds of assent.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026

"But she doesn't eat vegetables," her mother, Carmen, interjects.

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026

“All of it’s been fluff,” Mr. Tisch interjects.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

"Too many!" interjects Sandy, who was not thrilled about having to park far from the village centre just to go grocery shopping -- security is even more draconian with US President Donald Trump arriving Wednesday.

From Barron's ● Jan. 20, 2026

Wayne played the narrator, who at different points in the musical just sort of appears onstage and interjects commentary.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

“He didn’t say he hated Trump,” interjected his wife Lila Trask, 79, who thinks the teacher is sincere.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

When he suggested that there was only one more senator left to ask questions, a staffer interjected to tell him—in words picked up by the mic—that several additional senators had time to speak.

From Slate ● May 16, 2026

When the reporter interjected, “He started this one,” Mullin replied, “This isn’t a war.”

From Salon ● Mar. 14, 2026

Goncalves told reporters a bystander "stepped in and interjected" and "that's probably what led to a swift end of this tragic event".

From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2026

“Super easy,” Delia interjected, shoving another forkful of cake in her mouth.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

But watching such interactions together, even if we are just interjecting the occasional comment as we sit shoulder-to-shoulder on the couch, makes a difference.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025

There is a caveat, though, from a interjecting Hickey.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2025

Schiff’s most characterful work, though, was in the Rondo finale, in which he rendered the cadenza as a grander conclusion, interjecting the “Don Giovanni” chords, then layering the overture and the concerto in clever counterpoint.

From New York Times ● Apr. 16, 2023

Describing the play of its favorite team while interjecting life lessons masquerading as baseball stories, Scully became a city’s eyes, its ears and its conscience.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2022

Otherwise, she listened to her sister, interjecting periodically with whatever semirelevant detail popped into her head.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama


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