Intruded

Examples

• Cautiously he intruded his hand between the meshes of the lattice until his whole arm was within the cabin. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• I should not have intruded it upon your attention had you not shown some incredulity the other day. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• The room in which he sat was very sacred ground to her; she seldom intruded on it; and to-night she kept aloof till the bell rang for prayers. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• If they had not asked me, I would no more have intruded on them than I'd have gone to the mess at the barracks without invitation. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• To be intruded on Robert thus, against her will and his expectation, and when he evidently would rather not be delayed, keenly annoyed her. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The question intruded itself: Which bore the blessed Saviour, and which the thieves? Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• My happiness was now of a nature too pure to be trifled with, and I know I could not endure to have it intruded on by any commonplace remarks. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• I seldom have intruded my wretchedness on others, said Lord Byron. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• We must apologize for having intruded upon you, Professor Coram, and I promise that we won't disturb you until after lunch. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• I desired him to be shown upstairs; and, when he entered, I stood up, as though waiting to hear why he intruded on me. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• My reason for fastening the door is that he may not be intruded upon by any chance comer while lying here, if I should be in the garden or upstairs. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• But, when the idea of presenting myself in the room of my friend intruded, the load of doubt and pain was taken from off me. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.

Edited by Julia