intrude
/ɪnˈtɹuːd/ verb B2- To thrust oneself in; to come or enter without invitation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass. · to intrude on families at unseasonable hours; to intrude on the lands of another· The noise of machinery intruded on an otherwise quiet morning.
- To force in.
He/she/it intrudes · Past intruded · Past participle intruded · -ing form intruding
Verb forms
- Base form
- intrude
- He/she/it
- intrudes
- Past
- intruded
- Past participle
- intruded
- -ing form
- intruding
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Against staying longer, however, Elizabeth was positively resolved--nor did she much expect it would be asked; and fearful, on the contrary, of being considered as intruding themselves needlessly long, she urged Jane to borrow Mr.
Darcy related the mistake which had occasioned his intruding on Miss Bennet, and, after sitting a few minutes longer, without saying much to anybody, went away.
Painful recollections will intrude, which cannot, which ought not to be repelled.
Then a Stag intruded into his domain and shared his pasture.
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