obtrude

IPA: ʌbtrˈud

verb

  • (transitive) To proffer (something) by force; to impose (something) on someone or into some area.
  • (intransitive) To become apparent in an unwelcome way, to be forcibly imposed; to jut in, to intrude (on or into).
  • (reflexive) To impose (oneself) on others; to cut in.
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Examples of "obtrude" in Sentences

  • These features fail to obtrude.
  • Ben was always there, but he never obtruded.
  • You've managed to obtrude yet another level of metaissue.
  • His learning, though vast and genuine, was never obtruded.
  • Hunt obtrudes himself too frequently in a breezy, offhand manner.
  • No stiff rows of pews obtrude their modern convenience upon your notice.
  • I felt like one who had no right to obtrude himself there, and had become, as it were, a spy upon her.
  • There is nothing to obtrude the thought of the spirit, in which life, freedom, and individuality were crushed out of the world.
  • Mr. Andrews has produced a most entertaining book, without departing from authenticated facts, there is no moralising, and the writer never obtrudes himself.

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