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Get to know Intersperse better with 3 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like put or enclose.

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Intersperse in a sentence

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Intersperse | Interspersed | Intersperses

Intersperse meaning

  1. To mix two things irregularly, placing things of one kind among things of other.
  2. To scatter or insert something into or among other things.
  3. To diversify by placing or inserting other things among something.

Synonyms of Intersperse

put put in stick in inclose enclose insert interlard lay position pose place set introduce

Related words

Other words often associated with Intersperse or its synonyms:

arrange situation point office attitude posture surround role fix cover inset infix

Using Intersperse

  • The main meaning on this page is: To mix two things irregularly, placing things of one kind among things of other. | To scatter or insert something into or among other things. | To diversify by placing or inserting other things among something.
  • Useful related words include: put, put in, stick in, inclose.
  • In the example corpus, intersperse often appears in combinations such as: to intersperse.

Context around Intersperse

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 3 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

period 1×

Often after:

intimate 1× public 1×

Sentence patterns with Intersperse

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

decision to intersperse a decades 1× republic to intersperse public office 1× year period intersperse intimate portraits 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

her decision to 1× her pictures of 1×

Common sentence endings:

little but distraction 1× of the fields 1× with agricultural labour 1×

Words around Intersperse

Just before it in the word index:

interspecific 11 interspecies 11 interspaced 6 intersexual 2 intersex 83 intersessional 2

Just after it in the word index:

interspersed 160 intersperses 4 interspersing 4 intersphere 2 interst 2 interstadial 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaand 5 aaah 5 aacl 5 aak 5 aapke 5 aarav 5

Corpus analysis for Intersperse

  • In this selection, "intersperse" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, period, intimate and public stand out and add context to how "intersperse" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include decision to intersperse a decades and republic to intersperse public office. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "intersperse" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with intersperse

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Her decision to intersperse a decades-old mystery adds little but distraction. (12 words)

It would not be uncommon for the patrician consulars of the early republic to intersperse public office with agricultural labour. (20 words)

Her pictures of sugarcane fields, made over a 40-year period, intersperse intimate portraits of farmworkers with intense images of the land either shrouded in darkness or ablaze during the pre-harvest burning of the fields. (36 words)

Longer example sentences

Her pictures of sugarcane fields, made over a 40-year period, intersperse intimate portraits of farmworkers with intense images of the land either shrouded in darkness or ablaze during the pre-harvest burning of the fields. (36 words)

It would not be uncommon for the patrician consulars of the early republic to intersperse public office with agricultural labour. (20 words)

Her decision to intersperse a decades-old mystery adds little but distraction. (12 words)

Example sentences (3)

Her decision to intersperse a decades-old mystery adds little but distraction.

Her pictures of sugarcane fields, made over a 40-year period, intersperse intimate portraits of farmworkers with intense images of the land either shrouded in darkness or ablaze during the pre-harvest burning of the fields.

It would not be uncommon for the patrician consulars of the early republic to intersperse public office with agricultural labour.

Common combinations with intersperse

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • to intersperse 2×

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "intersperse" in a sentence?
An example: "Her decision to intersperse a decades-old mystery adds little but distraction." This page contains 3 example sentences with the word "intersperse" from authentic English texts.
What does "intersperse" mean?
Intersperse means: To mix two things irregularly, placing things of one kind among things of other.
What are synonyms of "intersperse"?
Common synonyms of "intersperse" include: put, put in, stick in, inclose, enclose, insert, interlard, lay. Plus 5 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "intersperse" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 3 example sentences with "intersperse", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.