intruding

Example Sentences

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The characters in her novels long for stability in landscapes where the past is forever intruding on the present—they teeter on the shifting border between perception and fact.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 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

“We’re not trying to be annoying to you or intruding to you or in any way making your life worse,” Hahn said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 9, 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

But instead of also saying “Darling!” and holding out his arms, the Savage retreated in terror, flapping his hands at her as though he were trying to scare away some intruding and dangerous animal.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley