OBTRUDE in a Sentence
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Example sentences for OBTRUDE, such as:
1. But then the impossibility of the thing obtruded itself upon me.
2. We have ever been far from wishing to obtrude ourselves on anyone.
3. But last summer he was again most painfully obtruded on my notice.
4. He persisted in obtruding himself despite our efforts to get rid of him.
5. A pestilent conceit, which so often will insist upon obtruding even when beholding the mightiest royal beadle on his throne.
2. We have ever been far from wishing to obtrude ourselves on anyone.
3. But last summer he was again most painfully obtruded on my notice.
4. He persisted in obtruding himself despite our efforts to get rid of him.
5. A pestilent conceit, which so often will insist upon obtruding even when beholding the mightiest royal beadle on his throne.
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Meanings and Examples of OBTRUDE
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obtrude
v. push oneself or one's ideas forward or intrude; stick out or extrude
Classic Sentence:
1 We have ever been far from wishing to obtrude ourselves on anyone.
2 Unwilling to obtrude himself on the princess, Rostov did not go back to the house but remained in the village awaiting her departure.
3 Not a leaf stirred; not a sound obtruded upon great Nature's meditation.
4 But last summer he was again most painfully obtruded on my notice.
5 But then the impossibility of the thing obtruded itself upon me.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE COPPER BEECHES
Context Highlight In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE COPPER BEECHES
6 The knitting old woman with the cat obtruded herself upon my memory as a most improper person to be sitting at the other end of such an affair.
7 A pestilent conceit, which so often will insist upon obtruding even when beholding the mightiest royal beadle on his throne.
Example Sentence:
1 Because Fanny was reluctant to obtrude her opinions about child-raising upon her daughter-in-law, she kept a close watch on her tongue.
2 He persisted in obtruding himself despite our efforts to get rid of him.