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  •   "Dr. Aguirre believes we can bridge the gaps, and so do I. If I can just change one of my students' lives, I can—"
      "Change the world?" I interject.   (source)
    interject = to quickly insert a comment that interrupts what another is saying
  • "Umberto, he's just a child," interjected Oralia.   (source)
    interjected = quickly inserted (typically interrupts what another is saying)
  • "We'll need food and water and warm clothing."
    "And weapons," Jalil interjected.
    "That, too. What we don't need is..."   (source)
    interjected = to quickly insert a comment that interrupts what another is saying
  • "I'm sure there would," I interject, "he was against it from the first."   (source)
    interject = inserted (a comment)
  • "No, indeed!" I interjected.   (source)
  • …i'm telling you, you've never smelled anything so bad in your life! she stank so much i can't even tell you! so i took her right from there to the vet down the street and then i brought her home. didn't even call me first, by the way! the mom interjects as she cleans the floor, to see if I'm okay with his bringing home some homeless guy's dog. the dog actually looks over at the mom when she says this, like she understands everything everyone is saying about her. she's a happy dog, like…†   (source)
  • …were Famous Waters Enchiladas and Not to Be Missed and about how Gus's curfew was also ten, and how they were inherently distrustful of anyone who gave their kids curfews other than ten, and was I in school—"she's a college student," Augustus interjected—and how the weather was truly and absolutely extraordinary for March, and how in spring all things are new, and they didn't even once ask me about the oxygen or my diagnosis, which was weird and wonderful, and then Augustus said,…†   (source)
  • "There must be some mistake," Officer Delinko interjected.†   (source)
  • "This is mild?" his mother interjected.†   (source)
  • "Kitty and I will finish them," my dad interjects.†   (source)
  • "If I may," the Count interjected.†   (source)
  • When I was sixteen, I vowed that every time I met a veteran, I would go out of my way to shake his or her hand, even if I had to awkwardly interject to do so.†   (source)
  • Gally interjected: "Not if you count the time I—"†   (source)
  • Shoto interjected.†   (source)
  • "Gentlemen, gentlemen, please!" he interjected.†   (source)
  • Mrs. V interjects.†   (source)
  • "Hold there, Marks, hold there, I say," interjected the government clerk.†   (source)
  • Hermione interjected.†   (source)
  • "But it is only temporary," Patrick interjected.†   (source)
  • "My point," Reynie interjected, "was that we have to find a way for you and Constance to do better on the quizzes."†   (source)
  • "He's not a fugitive after all," my mom interjected.†   (source)
  • Celaena interjected.†   (source)
  • "Perhaps we're being too literal about this song," Mr. Wiggin interjected, but I knew there was no such thing as "too literal" for Owen Meany, who grasped orthodoxy from wherever it could be found.†   (source)
  • Larry interjected, "She got punched or something, right?"†   (source)
  • "That may save his life," Cathy interjected.†   (source)
  • "Actually, there seems to be some memory impairment," interjected Mrs. Swanson in a low voice, toying with the glasses that hung from a chain around her neck.†   (source)
  • 'Against regulations,' interjected Root.†   (source)
  • "If I might interject, sir, there may be another use for such a balloon," said Mr. Bayard, the junior wireless officer.†   (source)
  • "Waipo," Dory interjected, "Ruth didn't add any salt.†   (source)
  • "Two," Sam interjects.†   (source)
  • "I was," I interjected.†   (source)
  • She started to explain all over again the purpose of her visit—there were these rules forbidding people affiliated with college football programs doing any favors for big-time high school football players, etc.—when Michael interjected.†   (source)
  • "He got wasted," Mom interjected, poking her head out the stage door.†   (source)
  • "Louie, do it," Licha interjected.†   (source)
  • There are many levels to the Silent City, interjected Jeremiah.†   (source)
  • "Oh, I get it," Mack interjected, stopping in midthrow.†   (source)
  • They'd been coming to the Waystone every Felling night for months, and Kote had never interjected anything of his own before.†   (source)
  • "If he's even alive," Graham interjected, and laughed.†   (source)
  • His thin frame and the shininess of his face make this possible, and also a quality of innocence that surfaces at times—he's apt, for example, in the midst of an erudite discourse on the economic distribution of infectious disease, to startle you by interjecting, eagerly, "Ask me a question about Lord of the Rings."†   (source)
  • "Nor did he like me," I interject.†   (source)
  • Komugi interjects.†   (source)
  • I finished my bagel to the sounds of Dorothea's monotone chatter, interjecting a few nods or "uh-huh's" whenever she stopped talking long enough to wait for my response.†   (source)
  • "Or herself," Angela interjected.†   (source)
  • 'That's a fifty-five-dollar tropical fish, Judge,' the defendant interjected.†   (source)
  • "She did not," Hormoz interjected.†   (source)
  • When I had finished describing the incident, Badenhorst interjected in a gruff aggressive manner: "Did you actually witness this assault?"†   (source)
  • "But how did you become a watchdog?" interjected Milo, hoping to change the subject, as Tock was sobbing quite loudly now.†   (source)
  • August interjects.†   (source)
  • "She means the three Fates," Damien interjected, beating Shaunee to whatever she was going to add.†   (source)
  • "It's supposed to rain later," Mike Heffner interjects, and everyone laughs.†   (source)
  • "Better yet," Stanford interjected, pointing to some vessels on the map, "threaten this service force here.†   (source)
  • Cole interjected, "That means baldy could have killed Larry and then fled."†   (source)
  • "Baby," she interjected, "you have only one good eye, and the doctor says that's probably not going to change."†   (source)
  • But whatever I say, I don't want you to interject."†   (source)
  • "Addison's on Debate," Asher interjects, and maybe we can turn the conversation on her, because Drew Leighton is too close to Josh Bennett and my family isn't getting anywhere near Josh Bennett.†   (source)
  • "—eat us," interjected Jack.†   (source)
  • "So you're admitting," Raleigh interjected, "that you did have a relationship with this woman."†   (source)
  • 'What your mother means, son,' interjected his father affably one time with that flair for graceful and economical expression Nately admired so much, 'is that old money is better than new money and that the newly rich are never to be esteemed as highly as the newly poor.†   (source)
  • Enoch interjected.†   (source)
  • "He hugged me," I interjected.†   (source)
  • Then why not be grateful for the view of a beautiful woman and keep your mouth shut? interjected a tall man who had stepped up to the bar in time to observe the entire scene.†   (source)
  • "Absolutely!" interjects Rory with a cheerful smile.†   (source)
  • "He knew," the Colonel interjected.†   (source)
  • "And of course," interjected Rose-and-Azure, "those all have to be paid."†   (source)
  • " 'Right,' Mr. Conklin," interjected the DCI, "meaning the assassin, Carlos the Jackal."†   (source)
  • "I know all about Paulsson," Spangberg interjected.†   (source)
  • Frequently he would interject a similar refrain in thoughtful letters to his department heads when passing down decisions or judgments on matters of government business.†   (source)
  • "Poor souls, yet very dangerous," Mr. Mompellion interjected.†   (source)
  • Kevin again interjected.†   (source)
  • "She starved herself," Rufino interjects irritably.†   (source)
  • "In admissions," Nigel interjected, engaging Mr. McDaniels in a friendly handshake.†   (source)
  • "I think the standards are a trifle higher at Harvard, Pig," Tradd interjected mildly.†   (source)
  • "But you know them," interjected Courtney.†   (source)
  • Alessandro interjected.†   (source)
  • Brutalize her, violate her thoughts, interject, by force if necessary, his own notions of what was right, what was practical.†   (source)
  • "Me," interjected Gabriel hastily.†   (source)
  • "Which are great for high speeds," Astro interjected.†   (source)
  • ?" interjected the Overlord blandly.†   (source)
  • "The scurvy," Nathan interjected, "she means she'd had the scurvy, which was cured as soon as the Russians took over—"†   (source)
  • Wringing her hands and on the verge of tears, she begged him to sit down a moment and, throwing herself into a chair and getting up again, spoke incoherently, in a high-pitched plaintive singsong, stumbling over her words and repeatedly interjecting: "What do you think?"†   (source)
  • "We've gotten unwed mothers out of jail, things like that," Georgia interjected.†   (source)
  • "Well, he would look a bit of a prat carrying a necklace," interjected Ron.†   (source)
  • "Were they Death Eaters or Ministry people?" interjected Hermione.†   (source)
  • "I spend time with Alice, too," I interjected.†   (source)
  • "She's probably just resting," I interjected.†   (source)
  • "Say You-Know-Who, will you?" interjected Ron angrily.†   (source)
  • Victor interjected, "Lake Windsor, home of that Gino chump."†   (source)
  • " "Sorry," interjected Harry, "but Death spoke to them?"†   (source)
  • "You brought him here," Clary interjected.†   (source)
  • Oh, that's ridiculous," his mother interjected.†   (source)
  • "Matilda is a bit young for suitors," interjected Mother.†   (source)
  • "Depends who you ask," a guard interjected.†   (source)
  • "It would fall under reckless use of sympathy," Lorren interjected coolly.†   (source)
  • "Alby," Minho finally interjected, relieving Thomas.†   (source)
  • They'll know it was the Hills, ese," Bone interjected.†   (source)
  • "Ma'am, just to confirm," the cabbie's voice interjected, sounding tense.†   (source)
  • "Here's a coincidence happens every morning," his buddy interjected.†   (source)
  • "Ah, and is this the groom?" interjected a woman in his eagerly hovering group.†   (source)
  • "Not Seattle," Charlie interjected, his eyebrows pulling together.†   (source)
  • "And," interjected Jesus, "to that degree you will live in fear."†   (source)
  • Natalie, seeming distressed, tried to interject.†   (source)
  • "But doesn't make you want to puke," Henry interjected.†   (source)
  • "I talk to her all the time," Claire interjected.†   (source)
  • "I'm afraid we gave her a stomach virus," Reynie interjected.†   (source)
  • "Father, I'm not sure that would help," Maxon interjected.†   (source)
  • "You mean," Mack interjected a little sarcastically, "that I can't just ask, 'What Would Jesus Do'?"†   (source)
  • Katherine interjected, pointing up Third Street away from the Jefferson Building.†   (source)
  • "Hermione," interjected Harry, who considered this a low blow, "he just saved my —"†   (source)
  • Hey, it ain't my fault," Curly had finally interjected.†   (source)
  • "Only rogue vampires drink human blood from living people," interjected Alec.†   (source)
  • Simmon listened intently, occasionally interjecting a word or two.†   (source)
  • We're guessing they'll pick it up before too long," August interjected.†   (source)
  • "You're right," Sticky interjected miserably.†   (source)
  • Gruffly, the sergeant interjected: "Aw, the kid's jerking our chain, is all.†   (source)
  • "Burned down during their wedding," Graham interjected.†   (source)
  • "Aaron," the smith's prentice interjected, not looking up from his drink.†   (source)
  • Change into her Mother Paula's costume," Officer Delinko interjected.†   (source)
  • "Sit down if he does," Emmett interjected.†   (source)
  • He slowly spooned food into his mouth without trying to interject.†   (source)
  • "It'll be better when it's dark anyway," Thibault interjected.†   (source)
  • "Maybe there's a compromise," I interjected.†   (source)
  • He opens his mouth to interject, but I hold up a hand to stop him.†   (source)
  • "He was too busy being adorably self-involved to notice," Hassan interjected.†   (source)
  • "It was an accident," Frank tried to interject.†   (source)
  • "Nonsense," interjected Miss Boon sharply.†   (source)
  • "Is my house," several voices interjected in chorus.†   (source)
  • 'Yes, Mrs Staples, hunter,' interjected the diplomat quietly.†   (source)
  • "Um, Bella," Alice interjected in an anxious voice.†   (source)
  • "Oh, I might have a question or two," interjected Bellagrog.†   (source)
  • "It was because I missed you," he interjected.†   (source)
  • "No, Max," interjected Miss Boon urgently.†   (source)
  • "Which would make it six months ago," interjected Abbott, softly, looking at Gillette.†   (source)
  • "Please," he interjected, "give me a chance.†   (source)
  • "The subject struggled with the no-talking step," Vee interjected.†   (source)
  • It is Mr. McLean's attitude that we object to, General," Alexander interjected.†   (source)
  • "I'm not thinking that either," Sophia interjected.†   (source)
  • Don't trouble yourself, Madam Director," interjected Lord Vyndra smoothly.†   (source)
  • "The good news is that David should be all right," interjected Scott McDaniels.†   (source)
  • "God works his miracles through the meek, not the mighty," Padre Esteban interjected.†   (source)
  • "Don't get your family slaughtered for pride," Carlisle interjected quietly.†   (source)
  • "Where father was a very wise king," interjected Hap.†   (source)
  • We aren't here to quarrel with you," interjected David.†   (source)
  • "I put mine in the dog basket," interjects Fran.†   (source)
  • "But," Casey interjected, "with your experience, answer my last question.†   (source)
  • "Which," Leff interjected, "I must advise you, we will be making a motion to suppress.†   (source)
  • You're being rebellious," my dad interjects.†   (source)
  • "I've got a date tonight, so I'll be skipping dinner," Hassan interjected.†   (source)
  • "No two descriptions have been alike," interjected Abbott.†   (source)
  • "Scott," Mr. Lukens interjected, "let's not torture Mr. Bristow just yet.†   (source)
  • Because people like you had to be controlled," interjected the deputy on the director's right.†   (source)
  • "On the second floor," Raffaello interjected.†   (source)
  • "That's a different story," interjected the bird a bit more amiably.†   (source)
  • 'You make them sound like a collection of paranoids,' interjected Panov.†   (source)
  • "We scored two runs against a great team," interjected Jose.†   (source)
  • "If you last the first, mon ami," interjected the Belgian.†   (source)
  • "I'm not dangerous at all," Renesmee interjected.†   (source)
  • "And not a single one earned," Alessandro interjected.†   (source)
  • "By an ally of the old king," Bert interjected.†   (source)
  • "And what do you need a best man for, William?" she interjected.†   (source)
  • "When you wander the house at night," Ruth suddenly interjects, "you do not do as you say."†   (source)
  • I halfheartedly interjected, "you've traveled a lot.†   (source)
  • Let's not overlook the younger ones," Miss Boon interjected, casting a smoldering glance at David.†   (source)
  • "Never proven!" interjected the Lavier woman defiantly.†   (source)
  • "You have discussed everyone and everything but me," interjected Sir Olaf; stirring irritably.†   (source)
  • "It's not just Rowan's need," interjected Miss Boon, motioning for Max to be still.†   (source)
  • Even more reason for me— "To do your job and let others do theirs," interjected David.†   (source)
  • You're not, Marie," interjected the first.†   (source)
  • Well, they better start now or else they's gonna forfeit," interjected Coach Hicks.†   (source)
  • "Doctor Webb," interjected John St. Jacques spontaneously, as if the clarification were mandatory.†   (source)
  • "Oh," the major interjected, slumped in his chair, almost motionless.†   (source)
  • "It's not Jason's fault," interjected Miss Boon.†   (source)
  • "Aro couldn't hear her," Edward interjected.†   (source)
  • "No," interjected Astaroth, "she is alive, Max.†   (source)
  • My latissimus nub— "Will be fine," interjected David.†   (source)
  • "That's Padre Esteban's job," interjected Norberto.†   (source)
  • "God help the boy," interjected Mrs. Cooper.†   (source)
  • I won't— "—let your battalion down," Max interjected.†   (source)
  • "Were murdered," Kohler interjected.†   (source)
  • "Who attacked us," Piper interjected.†   (source)
  • "Actually," Anderson interjected, glancing up, "not many people know this, but there is one hexagonal coffer in the dome that actually swings open like a portal, and you can peer down through it and—"†   (source)
  • 'Anyway, that's not the point,' interjected Tonks, whose pink hair seemed to offend Aunt Petunia more than all the rest put together, for she closed her eyes rather than look at her.†   (source)
  • "Your husband," the Count interjected.†   (source)
  • Martinez interjected.†   (source)
  • Ron interjected angrily.†   (source)
  • But he was obviously showing off for Parkinson, wasn't he?" interjected Ron quickly, before Hermione could say anything.†   (source)
  • I spent most of my time in Advanced OASIS Studies class annoying our teacher, Mr. Ciders, by pointing out errors in our textbook and raising my hand to interject some relevant bit of Halliday trivia that I (and I alone) thought was interesting.†   (source)
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