obtrude

The amount of stuff accumulating began to reach out from behind the store and obtrude into plain view; the amount of stuff disappearing from their properties was increasing.

From Slate ● Mar. 25, 2026

But a producing interest can obtrude on the artistic process by imposing artificial deadlines and prioritizing the needs of the theater over the work itself.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2022

No such doubts obtrude upon the archaic fantasy world set up by the writers in the catalog to this show.

From Time Magazine Archive

I am entirely too proud to obtrude my company where it is so little desired.

From The Old-Fashioned Fairy Book by Constance Cary Harrison

The difference between this and Sandhurst is that at the latter the mines obtrude themselves everywhere.

From Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil by Howard Willoughby

He sometimes obtruded on what he described with a bestowing air, but that constant presence, which could feel undisciplined and unmedical, was requisite to his particular brand of intimacy.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 4, 2015

Into this grave situation another factor obtruded itself last week.

From Time Magazine Archive

Yet the barrier of language and the unfamiliarity of a charm that has fathomless depths but no tumult had obtruded themselves.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mrs. Danvers never obtruded herself, but I was aware of her continually.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

Here again the difficulty of the child obtruded itself, an insuperable barrier to the happiness of all concerned.

From The Stronger Influence by F.E. Mills Young

She shared her son's political successes only from a distance, never obtruding herself into his spotlight.

From Time Magazine Archive

That is the thesis of Author Hilton's circumstantial Ill Wind: without ever obtruding himself or appearing to state a case, he makes it brilliantly clear how far a single action can fling its consequences.

From Time Magazine Archive

I tried not to look at it, but it kept obtruding at the corners of my vision.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

He didn't attempt to argue, but looked a little ashamed of himself for obtruding for such a trivial reason.

From The City in the Clouds by C. Ranger Gull

It behoved me now to look after myself, for my necessities were on the point of obtruding themselves upon my notice once more.

From In Strange Company A Story of Chili and the Southern Seas by Guy Newell Boothby