Intruding

Examples

• Lady Castlereagh does the same thing; but nobody ever thinks of intruding their society on me here. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Foreign capitals are every day intruding themselves, if I may say so, more and more into the trade of Cadiz and Lisbon. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The former is then thought to be purely intellectual and cognitive; the latter to be an irrelevant and intruding physical factor. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• He comes now, apologizing for intruding, even by her permission, while she is at table. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• In the meantime, I must throw myself on your honour and kindness, as to your idea of intruding your society on me in Devonshire. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• The barmaid called to her master, and warned him that strangers were intruding themselves into the house. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Pardon me for intruding on your reflections, I said to the unsuspecting Mr. Bruff. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I desired, as I have explained, to keep my visit to you a secret, lest my husband should think that I was intruding into his affairs. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Imagine a poor Frenchman ignorantly intruding upon a public rostrum sacred to some six-penny dignitary in America. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• I can then speak to you as we walk, both without detaining you here, and without intruding longer here myself. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Armstrong changed the conversation by telling Amy that he had some idea of intruding upon her to dinner the next day. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Sir Leicester and Lady Dedlock, as I have already apologized for intruding on you, I cannot do better than be very brief. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Is there no excuse for my intruding myself on you? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I have to ask pardon, ladies, for intruding--but the law, ladies--the law. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• He keeps intruding between you and me. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I trust that I am not intruding. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.

Checker: Trent