obtrude
Example Sentences
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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
And she had agreed, wholesouledly; and yet, there would obtrude that thought, of late, that she was doing nothing with her life.
From The Heath Hover Mystery by Mitford, Bertram
As you may have some time for recreation, give me leave to obtrude my poor advice.
From The Freedmen's Book by Child, Lydia Maria Francis
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