obtrude

Example Sentences

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The amount of stuff accumulating began to reach out from behind the store and obtrude into plain view; the amount of stuff disappearing from their properties was increasing.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

But a producing interest can obtrude on the artistic process by imposing artificial deadlines and prioritizing the needs of the theater over the work itself.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2022

No such doubts obtrude upon the archaic fantasy world set up by the writers in the catalog to this show.

From Time Magazine Archive

Political intercourse and interests will obtrude themselves between our two countries, because they are the two great powers dividing the continent of North America.

From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Volume X (of 12) by Various

I hate to state this of Tom, but if he will obtrude himself in this discussion, I cannot help but say a word in self-defense.

From Abraham Lincoln: Was He A Christian? by Remsburg, John B.