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Definition
an involvement or interruption that is unwelcome
- I am justly reproved for what I feel was an unjustifiable intrusion, and I promise you that I will not mention the matter again.Chapter 7 — The Stapletons of Merripit House (36% in)
- Do you think that I should intrude if I were to call this afternoon and make the acquaintance of Sir Henry?Chapter 7 — The Stapletons of Merripit House (83% in)
- I am sorry to intrude, but you heard how earnestly Holmes insisted that I should not leave you, and especially that you should not go alone upon the moor.Chapter 9 — Second Report of Dr. Watson (13% in)
There are no more uses of "intrusion" in The Hound of the Baskervilles.
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