Sample Sentences forintrusion (editor-reviewed)
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It is an unnecessary government intrusion into private affairs.intrusion = unwelcome involvement
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Our security software detected an unauthorized intrusion into the network.
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I hope I'm not intruding.intruding = interrupting or involving oneself without welcome
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The website has too many intrusive ads.intrusive = interrupting
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They are a proud people and resent foreign intrusion into their local affairs.intrusion = unwelcome involvement
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I resented the intrusion. (source)intrusion = an unwelcome involvement
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The gnats were too frantic to notice these intrusions, (source)intrusions = interruption or entries (typically unwelcome)
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"Forgive the intrusion," he said, his eyes shifting uncomfortably about the room.† (source)
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Let me ask you this--and please don't misunderstand my intentions or think that I'm trying to intrude into the personal life of your family--but wasn't Andy seeing a counselor about possible problems that may have been caused by his involvement in that accident? (source)intrude = involve oneself without welcome
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It was obvious that Mr. Pignati was going to visit awhile with Bobo, and John and I felt like we were intruding. (source)intruding = interrupting (by being there)
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It was so warm so secure so comforting to ... feel somehow that here was a place in the wilderness a place forever safe a place that could never be changed could never be harmed could never be intruded upon. (source)intruded = interrupted with an unwelcome entry
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Yet the questions never felt intrusive. (source)intrusive = (like an) unwelcome involvementstandard suffix: The suffix "-ive" converts a word into an adjective; though over time, what was originally an adjective often comes to be used as a noun. The adjective pattern means tending to and is seen in words like attractive, impressive, and supportive. Examples of the noun include narrative, alternative, and detective.
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They all represented unwelcome intrusions of foreign objects fired with violent velocity into his person.† (source)
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Now and then a completely unrelated image intrudes momentarily.† (source)
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The new one felt intrusively unfamiliar, like having somebody else's hand sewn to the end of his arm.† (source)
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These, after exhausting other modes of amusement, now thronged about Hester Prynne with rude and boorish intrusiveness.† (source)standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
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I tried to make my voice as quiet and unintrusive as I could.† (source)standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unintrusive means not and reverses the meaning of intrusive. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
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