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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

"It's the sheer amount of time people off the playing surface are interjecting, or being asked to interject, that's making the games at times a bit of a mess."

From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2025

When Jeremiah Watkins heard someone in the audience interject, “What about trains?” the comedian welcomed the chance to riff.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 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

That had certainly been the occasion to interject his critical facility in assessing the meaning of experimental observations—but he had said nothing useful.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson

"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

A rep interjects to confirm that the details are still being ironed out, but it’s too late.

From Salon ● Jan. 13, 2026

Maxine interjects, “Don’t bombard my mentee with questions,” she says.

From "Piecing Me Together" by Renée Watson

Commissioner John Galo interjected, citing concerns he had about the recurring fees Monarch Tracking could charge, which could cost the county tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, in his estimate.

From Salon ● Jun. 11, 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

Pappas, the global head of AI for Colgate-Palmolive CL -2.06%decrease; red down pointing triangle , a 220-year-old consumer-products company, quickly interjected, pointing out that the agency was using an older tool.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026

Harlow quickly interjected, repeatedly asking Lemon a couple of times, “Prime for what?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2026

“As I said in the beginning,” Dr. Jansen interjected, “the school has a very strict anti-bullying policy.”

From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio

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

I imagine Marshall peering down at counsel and interjecting, with his trademark gruffness: “You have got to be kidding me.”

From Washington Post ● Oct. 25, 2022

Simmon listened intently, occasionally interjecting a word or two.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss