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Intruded; for he neither sought nor welcomed his wife's companionship at such a moment, and he was disturbed by a perception of the little claim she had to be present with him in spirit.

From The Whirlpool by Gissing, George

Intruded by Earl of Perth, and finally ousted by Privy Council for refusing to pray for William and Mary.

From Chronicles of Strathearn by Macdougall, W. B.

So some were pris’ners of the Cyclops erst, When, led by rash Ulysses, our lost friends Intruded needlessly into his cave, And perish’d by the folly of their Chief.

From The Odyssey of Homer by Cowper, William

Manuel. 'Tis impossible; He is most private, and must not be thus50 Intruded on.

From The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 4 by Coleridge, Ernest Hartley