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an involvement or interruption that is unwelcomeIn 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.
- I hope I'm not intruding.
- The website has too many intrusive ads.
- They are a proud people and resent foreign intrusion into their local affairs.
- But there was a contained quality to Telemachus, a quiet assurance that made him companionable without being intrusive.Madeline Miller -- Circe
- Yet the questions never felt intrusive.Jay Asher -- Thirteen Reasons Why
- I resented the intrusion.Sue Monk Kidd -- The Secret Life of Bees
- 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
- 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 - ...and ungodly neon intruding upon the beauty of the July dusk,Ellen Hopkins -- Crank
- The gnats were too frantic to notice these intrusions,Natalie Babbitt -- Tuck Everlasting
- 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
- 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
- "Then you may stay here."
... She said, "Would that not... intrude? I know what I have cost you."Madeline Miller -- Circe - I am sorry to intrude.Madeline Miller -- Circe
- 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
intrusion = unwelcome involvement
intruding = interrupting or involving oneself without welcome
intrusive = interrupting
intrusion = unwelcome involvement
intrusive = unwelcome or disruptive
intrusive = (like an) unwelcome involvement
intrusion = an unwelcome involvement
intruding = interrupting (by being there)
intrusion = an unwelcome involvement or entry
intruding = interrupting
intrusions = interruption or entries (typically unwelcome)
intruded = interrupted with an unwelcome entry
intrude = involve oneself without welcome
intrude = be an unwelcome or disruptive involvement
intrude = interrupt