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

You’re being perceived as the villain in the story because you’re butting in where you should be butting out.

From Slate • Apr. 29, 2024

“I know I’m butting in, but I noticed your boys have beautiful manners.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 26, 2023

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

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 2, 2022

At first Dad was irritated, because he thought one of the older children was butting in.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey