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

The contestants deal with rough seas, strong currents, jellyfish and sundry venomous creatures, intruding fishermen, limited air, sinus crises, variable visibility and unexpected orcas.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 3, 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

Harry had never seen Lupin lose control before; he felt as though he was intruding upon something private, indecent.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling