interpose

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

"We have sheriffs who will interpose. Stand in the way. And make sure we are not victimizing our citizens all in the name of 'it's for your own good,'" he said.

From Salon

“I said, ‘You know, if I’m going to be elected sheriff, my primary job is to interpose when government is the bad guy,’ ” Songer said.

From Seattle Times

But those who try to interpose the regime in the most personal aspects of people’s lives, including the choice of what to wear, run different kinds of risks.

From Seattle Times

The message was encoded by mechanically interposing or not interposing a three-inch block of brass in the muon beam every time a 12-billion-electron-volt synchrotron at the Argonne National Laboratory emitted a short burst of particles.

From Scientific American

Then a newsreel begins to play - it shows a montage of India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Pakistan's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah, interposed with scenes of violence that marked the partition.

From BBC