Verb (used without object) : to intrude upon their privacy. From Dictionary.com.
Leaving is only surrender if fighting is your blood call intruding on common sense inteligence. From Wordnik.com. [Obama Campaign Winning Today's Spin War With McCain Over Iraq?] Reference
We've got two shepherds and so we're kind of intruding on them. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 23, 2007] Reference
Some call this distinguishing and questioning by non-Muslims "intruding" in Islamic norms. From Wordnik.com. [Is Islam a Bad Religion?] Reference
Even though it's a big public story, you're in a sense kind of intruding on some private grief there. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 20, 2002] Reference
I think they rest easier if they aren't "intruding" on his life, but he loves to have them around, too. From Wordnik.com. [2000-02-24 12:06:58] Reference
Menial, you're hasty in intruding thus. From Wordnik.com. [Act IV] Reference
He has filed an official complaint for "intruding". From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference
She continued, "What kind of intruding does his daughter do?". From Wordnik.com. [East Bay Express] Reference
Claude Makélélé has filed an official complaint for 'intruding'. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference
Obviously she can't have other people "intruding" in to her private times. From Wordnik.com. [Kurogane's Anime Blog] Reference
The mention of him reminds me of your saying -- or writing -- that you felt shy of 'intruding' yourself upon him by a Visit. From Wordnik.com. [Letters of Edward FitzGerald to Fanny Kemble (1871-1883)] Reference
'I really hope I am not intruding too much, Chios?'. From Wordnik.com. [Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus] Reference
A feeling of ambivalence was intruding upon my quest. From Wordnik.com. [My Turn: Finally Tough Enough To Give Up Snuff] Reference
We keep saying, "You're not intruding, you're invited.". From Wordnik.com. [Carolyn Hax: Generous parents resist letting kids foot the bill] Reference
I can't think why they would think they were intruding. From Wordnik.com. [Carolyn Hax: Generous parents resist letting kids foot the bill] Reference
Once again, Serbian nationalism is intruding on politics. From Wordnik.com. [Back To The Future] Reference
I say, we must beware of intruding into the divine mysteries. From Wordnik.com. [Love's Final Victory] Reference
But the demands of class and race kept intruding into his plans. From Wordnik.com. ['Ask Not'--'90S Style] Reference
The NSA program ran a risk of intruding on the privacy of Americans. From Wordnik.com. [Hold the Phone] Reference
Politics are not only intruding on the world of sports from the right flank. From Wordnik.com. [Dave Zirin: The Summer of Our Sporting Discontent] Reference
"Ah! you did not mean what you said?" remarked the leader of the intruding party. From Wordnik.com. [The Dock Rats of New York] Reference
There may be good reasons why, but we must beware of intruding into divine mysteries. From Wordnik.com. [Love's Final Victory] Reference
The thought plagues us, intruding on the perfect ambrosia of salt air and suntan lotion. From Wordnik.com. [LETTER FROM FRANCE: CALL ME IN SEPTEMBER] Reference
Companies want your "visit" to them to be easy, but visiting is different from intruding. From Wordnik.com. [Susan Landau: The Pentagon's Message on Cybersecurity] Reference
All that was happening underneath was rather transparent without intruding into the cabin. From Wordnik.com. [Behind the wheel: fuel-cell vehicles] Reference
"I'm sure I interrupted something, and if I'm still intruding, I'll go away so you can finish it.". From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls in Army Service Or, doing their bit for the soldier boys] Reference
Many male techno-jocks "feel women are intruding into their inner sanctum," says Andre Bacard, a Silicon Valley. From Wordnik.com. [MEN, WOMEN & COMPUTERS] Reference
They do some of the things that hackers do, like intruding, copying secret files and altering or destroying work. From Wordnik.com. [The Case For Hackers] Reference
"" She never had much peace, and we're still intruding, '' reflected Isabelle Don, 57, visiting from Leicestershire. From Wordnik.com. [Opening Day At The Diana Memorial] Reference
The protein prevents fertilization by raising antibodies in female elephants that masks their eggs from intruding sperm. From Wordnik.com. [Contraception, Jumbo-Style] Reference
She'd read of the miraculous results in men and thought this might finally dispel the "iceberg" intruding on her marital life. From Wordnik.com. [The Science Of Women & Sex] Reference
They were sent to Washington to keep government from intruding so deeply into the lives of Americans, including their private lives. From Wordnik.com. ['They Always Get It Right'] Reference
I know we usually cross paths, but as it was Sunday and I did not want to go to your house and risk intruding on your peace and quiet. From Wordnik.com. [Liz Neumark: Tomato Thief] Reference
For the third time in little more than a year, the story that was dominating the headlines was also intruding into my children's lives. From Wordnik.com. [Fear: The Sniper Hits Home] Reference
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