butting in

Example Sentences

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So what if you don’t want Meta AI butting in every time you search for something or scroll through your social feeds?

From Seattle Times • May 30, 2024

A heat wave butting in during the monsoon season is not unheard of, according to meteorologists.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 2, 2022

There are also friends — more “friends” — now butting in to “encourage” you to accept an apology you find insincere.

From Washington Post • May 4, 2022

I couldn’t help butting in — I was writing a biography of Mrs. Roosevelt’s great friend Amelia Earhart.

From New York Times • Dec. 17, 2021

What was she thinking, butting in like this, let alone butting into this conversation, of all things?

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng