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
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Having shepherded him to the fold, it was evidently no part of his duty to obtrude himself till further orders.
From The Duke Decides by Hill, Headon
Certainly it is not for outsiders to obtrude their interference.
From The Life of Lyman Trumbull by White, Horace
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