Sample sentences for INTRUSION

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Definition

an involvement or interruption that is unwelcome

In geology, intrusion can reference the forcing of molten rock into fissures or between strata of an earlier rock formation.

It is an unnecessary government intrusion into private affairs.

intrusion = unwelcome involvement

Our security software detected an unauthorized intrusion into the network.

intrusion = unwelcome involvement

I hope I'm not intruding.

intruding = interrupting or involving oneself without welcome

The website has too many intrusive ads.

intrusive = interrupting

(editor's note: 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.)

They are a proud people and resent foreign intrusion into their local affairs.

intrusion = unwelcome involvement

But there was a contained quality to Telemachus, a quiet assurance that made him companionable without being intrusive.
Madeline Miller -- Circe

intrusive = unwelcome or disruptive

Yet the questions never felt intrusive.
Jay Asher -- Thirteen Reasons Why

intrusive = (like an) unwelcome involvement

I resented the intrusion.
Sue Monk Kidd -- The Secret Life of Bees

intrusion = an unwelcome involvement

It was obvious that Mr. Pignati was going to visit awhile with Bobo, and John and I felt like we were intruding.
Paul Zindel -- The Pigman

intruding = interrupting (by being there)

Usurping ivy, brier, or idle moss;
Who all, for want of pruning, with intrusion
Infect thy sap, and live on thy confusion.
William Shakespeare -- The Comedy of Errors

intrusion = an unwelcome involvement or entry

...and ungodly neon intruding upon the beauty of the July dusk,
Ellen Hopkins -- Crank

intruding = interrupting

The gnats were too frantic to notice these intrusions,
Natalie Babbitt -- Tuck Everlasting

intrusions = interruption or entries (typically unwelcome)

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.
Dalton Trumbo -- Johnny Got His Gun

intruded = interrupted with an unwelcome entry

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?
Sharon M. Draper -- Tears of a Tiger

intrude = involve oneself without welcome

"Then you may stay here."
... She said, "Would that not... intrude? I know what I have cost you."
Madeline Miller -- Circe

intrude = be an unwelcome or disruptive involvement

I am sorry to intrude.
Madeline Miller -- Circe

intrude = interrupt

And once in a while, when memory intrudes, I still enjoy a good, deep shave.
Ellen Hopkins -- Identical
Gabriel held her hand for a moment longer, irresolutely, and then, shy of intruding on her grief, let it fall gently and walked quietly to the window.
James Joyce -- Dubliners
"I don't want to intrude."
Gayle Forman -- Where She Went
Without Mom and Dad joining me, I felt like I was intruding and turned to go.
Kiera Cass -- The Heir

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