butted in
Example Sentences
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A boy near me butted in: "Wow, you don't get this?"
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2024
“OBJECTION,” the defense butted in, though it was overruled.
From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2023
As he explained that his ministry had launched a programme to produce helicopter engines in St Petersburg that were previously made in Ukraine, the president butted in, complaining it was all taking too long.
From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2023
At Hollywood High School, her classmates included Linda Evans, Tuesday Weld and Yvette Mimieux, a "movie star, even when she butted in front of you in the cafeteria line."
From Fox News ● Dec. 20, 2021
“But the flag was gone. If you hadn’t butted in, we would’ve won.”
From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan
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