All 9 Uses of
interpose
in
Crime and Punishment, by Dostoyevsky
- "Nobody asks you for these personal details, sir, we've no time to waste," Ilya Petrovitch interposed roughly and with a note of triumph; but Raskolnikov stopped him hotly, though he suddenly found it exceedingly difficult to speak.†
Chpt 2.1
- "That's all true," Zossimov hastened to interpose.†
Chpt 2.5 *interpose = insert between other elements; or to interrupt or stop action by others
- "That's just what it wasn't!" interposed Razumihin.†
Chpt 2.5
- Raskolnikov interposed suddenly.†
Chpt 2.5
- "And is it true," Raskolnikov interposed once more suddenly, again in a voice quivering with fury and delight in insulting him, "is it true that you told your fiancee...within an hour of her acceptance, that what pleased you most...was that she was a beggar...because it was better to raise a wife from poverty, so that you may have complete control over her, and reproach her with your being her benefactor?"†
Chpt 2.5
- "They're all generals' daughters, it seems, but they have all snub noses," interposed a tipsy peasant with a sly smile on his face, wearing a loose coat.†
Chpt 2.6
- "Dounia, you are hasty, too, be quiet, to-morrow...Don't you see..." the mother interposed in dismay.†
Chpt 3.1
- "One thing worries me," interposed Razumihin, frowning.†
Chpt 3.2
- "A familiar phenomenon," interposed Zossimov, "actions are sometimes performed in a masterly and most cunning way, while the direction of the actions is deranged and dependent on various morbid impressions—it's like a dream."†
Chpt 3.3
Definition:
to insert between other elements; or to interrupt or stop action by others