Explore Intrude through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like trespass or violate. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Intrude meaning
- To thrust oneself in; to come or enter without invitation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass.
- To force in.
Synonyms of Intrude
Using Intrude
- The main meaning on this page is: To thrust oneself in; to come or enter without invitation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass. | To force in.
- Useful related words include: trespass, violate, infract, offend.
- In the example corpus, intrude often appears in combinations such as: intrude on, to intrude, intrude into.
Context around Intrude
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 10 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Intrude
- In this selection, "intrude" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, may, unconstitutionally, actively, upon, too and cdc stand out and add context to how "intrude" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include chair may intrude on that and congress to intrude upon creek. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "intrude" sits close to words such as aerobics, ahn and ailes, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with intrude
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A new neighbour is starting to intrude. (7 words)
The hinges intrude into the boot space with the lid closed. (11 words)
Mr. Speaker Politics should never intrude on our educational capability,” Hughes thundered. (12 words)
In interpreting state law in this area, state courts may not so exceed the bounds of ordinary judicial review as to unconstitutionally intrude upon the role specifically reserved to state legislatures by Article I, Section 4, of the Federal Constitution. (40 words)
However, while Sally may appear to have good intentions, she's ultimately mainly focused on her career, willing to help her classmates as long as they don't intrude on her aspirations. (32 words)
He added that the First Amendment right to freely express religious beliefs is an “absolute right,” and said that America’s founding fathers intended that government should not intrude on religious liberty. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
A new neighbour is starting to intrude.
However, Gary Gensler, the SEC Chair, may intrude on that peace of mind.
However, while Sally may appear to have good intentions, she's ultimately mainly focused on her career, willing to help her classmates as long as they don't intrude on her aspirations.
In interpreting state law in this area, state courts may not so exceed the bounds of ordinary judicial review as to unconstitutionally intrude upon the role specifically reserved to state legislatures by Article I, Section 4, of the Federal Constitution.
Mr. Speaker Politics should never intrude on our educational capability,” Hughes thundered.
Well, probably not, but one recent report indicates that Amazon wants Prime to intrude on yet another part of your life.
Even mundane or insignificant details can be combined and linked with other data in a manner that may intrude upon or pose a risk to our privacy.
If an individual can afford housing, under no circumstances should the government actively intrude on that person’s ability to find a place to stay.
If you’re a remote worker, confine work to a specific area of your home so your job doesn’t intrude into the lives of other household members.
It’s time to talk about the ‘dirty word’ on Wall Street as ‘whiffs of stagflation’ intrude on markets, chief strategist saysfinance.
Recent drilling has shown the presence of footwall mineralization beyond the footwall contact with metasediments to the north side of the structure, where fingers of granodiorite intrude the footwall metasediments.
The hinges intrude into the boot space with the lid closed.
We have been taught that we have individual private thoughts, and that they are important, so we don’t want to intrude on others’ important private thoughts.
Your first section of stories are about exile, the pain of exile, the way that these outside forces intrude to distort, deform, destroy lives.
As he said in the Wisconsin case: state courts may have authority to apply their own Constitutions, but federal courts shouldn’t intrude too close to an election.
Carly said no, that she wouldn’t intrude on Sonny’s time with Mike.
Despite various efforts by Congress to intrude upon Creek self-governance, these were not sufficient to suggest disestablishment.
He added that the First Amendment right to freely express religious beliefs is an “absolute right,” and said that America’s founding fathers intended that government should not intrude on religious liberty.
Understandably, the current laws have attracted criticism for their potential to intrude upon civil liberties.
With vaccine misinformation abounding and fears that politics might intrude, CDC Director Robert Redfield said the public must see vaccine allocation as 'equitable, fair and transparent'.
Common combinations with intrude
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- intrude on 15×
- to intrude 10×
- intrude into 9×
- intrude upon 7×
- may intrude 4×
- and intrude 3×
- never intrude 2×
- or intrude 2×
- who intrude 2×