intruding

Example Sentences

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When adults appear in the background, intruding in the hackers’ bedrooms, they deflate the mood with their insensitivity.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

There are so many negatives intruding that investors would be lucky to escape the coming year in one piece.

From Barron's • Dec. 31, 2025

Prince Harry claimed a monumental victory Wednesday as Rupert Murdoch’s U.K. tabloids made an unprecedented apology for intruding in his life over decades.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2025

In general, authorities focused on regulating public morals rather than intruding on private lives, but this "middle course," with or without a mince pie ban, still provoked resistance and fury that often turned to violence.

From Salon • Dec. 24, 2024

A small part of me thinks that I, in fact, shouldn’t be here—almost like I’m intruding.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer