Explore Intervene through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like pass or occur. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Intervene in a sentence
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Intervene meaning
- To become involved in a situation, so as to alter or prevent an action.
- To occur, fall, or come between, points of time, or events.
- To occur or act as an obstacle or delay.
Synonyms of Intervene
Using Intervene
- The main meaning on this page is: To become involved in a situation, so as to alter or prevent an action. | To occur, fall, or come between, points of time, or events. | To occur or act as an obstacle or delay.
- Useful related words include: step in, come about, fall out, pass.
- In the example corpus, intervene often appears in combinations such as: to intervene, intervene in, intervene to.
Context around Intervene
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 11 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Intervene
- In this selection, "intervene" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, quickly, eventually, rule and resulting stand out and add context to how "intervene" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and can intervene before disaster and assembly to intervene where there. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "intervene" sits close to words such as cal, gregory and leisure, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with intervene
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A passer-by stopped to intervene, before Moore approached and said he was sorry. (14 words)
As someone who lost her mom to cancer when I was 16, I always intervene. (15 words)
A third officer, Elouse Joseph, reportedly just watched the incident happen, but did not intervene. (15 words)
Agbese stated, “It is true that there is a constitutional backing for the National Assembly to intervene where there are established instances of crisis in a state House of Assembly that is unable to perform its functions. (37 words)
A Bench led by Justice B.R. Gavai refused to intervene while giving liberty to the petitioner NGO Ek Soch Ek Prayas to seek appropriate remedies in law before the High Court concerned. (33 words)
Across town, Josslyn and Trina Robinson (Tabyana Ali) will discover something about Adam Wright (Joshua Benard), so they might realize he’s going to be alone for Christmas and try to intervene. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
The Dallas Police Department adopted a “duty to intervene” rule requiring fellow officers to intervene if someone is using excessive force.
A Bench led by Justice B.R. Gavai refused to intervene while giving liberty to the petitioner NGO Ek Soch Ek Prayas to seek appropriate remedies in law before the High Court concerned.
According to La Gazzetta Dello Sport, coaches at La Masia were not immediately positive about the youngster, only for Laporta to intervene.
According to O’Boyle, a friend who was with the victim tried to intervene by pushing away the suspect.
According to reports, the passersby did not intervene and instead some of them shot videos of the incident and later shared them on social media.
A cross-section of the stakeholders appealed to Gov. Peter Mbah to quickly intervene in the ongoing renovation which had dragged since 2021.
Across town, Josslyn and Trina Robinson (Tabyana Ali) will discover something about Adam Wright (Joshua Benard), so they might realize he’s going to be alone for Christmas and try to intervene.
A female passenger who witnessed the attack managed to intervene, resulting in Nessling returning to his seat.
A former Minister of Aviation, Osita Chidoka, has urged the Federal Government to intervene in the alleged organ harvesting case of former lawmaker Ike Ekweremadu in the United Kingdom.
Agbese stated, “It is true that there is a constitutional backing for the National Assembly to intervene where there are established instances of crisis in a state House of Assembly that is unable to perform its functions.
A labour researcher says he hopes the federal government doesn't rush to intervene in British Columbia's port dispute, even if union members reject a tentative deal with employers Friday.
Also in theory Swiss financial regulators and the Swiss National Bank keep an eye on those systemically important banks and can intervene before disaster strikes.
A passer-by stopped to intervene, before Moore approached and said he was sorry.
A report, which was considered at the board meeting on Tuesday, November 7, outlined how the council could intervene in parts of the proposal, which was described as "commercially unviable".
As someone who lost her mom to cancer when I was 16, I always intervene.
As were her parents, who saw the warning signs of her husband, Charles Whitman’s controlling behavior, but didn’t intervene.
A third officer, Elouse Joseph, reportedly just watched the incident happen, but did not intervene.
A video appears to show the two passengers wrestling with three airline employees next to a door, with others attempting to intervene as the fight escalated.
Back then, so many investors joined a 'dash for cash' and withdrew funds from the $800bn prime money funds… that the Federal Reserve was forced to intervene.
Based on one video, Quinahan was seen throwing punches at a foreign player while Belga threw the ball at the same cager before cooler heads eventually intervene.
Common combinations with intervene
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to intervene 144×
- intervene in 43×
- intervene to 22×
- intervene and 19×
- intervene with 7×
- not intervene 6×
- intervene when 6×
- would intervene 6×
- intervene after 6×
- intervene if 5×