How to Use intercept in a Sentence

intercept

1 of 2 verb

• The police intercepted him as he was walking out.
• Detectives have been intercepting her mail.
• He has not been intercepted in the last four games.
  — Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 11 Oct. 2025
• One play was a reverse pass that was intercepted in the red zone.
  — Ryan Morik, Fox News, 28 Oct. 2023
• And, he has been intercepted just twice.
  — Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
• There had been a drone that had been intercepted not too far from our Airbnb.
  — Frankie McLister, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026
• Dense hedges and fences can intercept weed seeds and keep them from entering your yard.
  — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 8 Mar. 2026
• Any one of the 50 boats could be intercepted, and that's a yes.
  — Amira El-Fekki‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
• He has been intercepted six times.
  — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2025
• This time, the cutter was deployed to intercept the ship.
  — Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
• Jones closed out the game by intercepting Ward.
  — Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
• Breakker went for the spear, but Rollins intercepted.
  — Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 9 May 2026
• That way, less money is at risk of being intercepted in the first place.
  — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
• But the puck was intercepted by the Ducks’ defense and sent back up the ice.
  — Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2026
• Capers jumped the route and intercepted the pass.
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2025
• Ary Borges intercepted the pass and slot it home to make it 3-0.
  — ABC News, 16 Mar. 2026
• He was intercepted twice, sacked twice and lost a fumble, and didn’t finish the game.
  — Jim Keyser, Idaho Statesman, 12 Oct. 2025
• But Lebel intercepted the pass, raced the length of the floor and ended the game with a dunk.
  — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026
• Klubnik has thrown for just two touchdowns, and he's been intercepted twice.
  — Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
• There are various ways to intercept drones.
  — Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
• No one chose this the way a commander chooses which missile to intercept.
  — Frayda Leibtag, Time, 13 July 2026
• Gift-wrapped for the nearest defender to intercept in the middle of the floor.
  — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 10 Feb. 2026
• Pribula threw for 252 yards but was intercepted twice in the win.
  — Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
• These methods are far harder for scammers to intercept than text messages.
  — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 Oct. 2025
• Bowen Byram intercepted the puck.
  — Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026
• Each year, the flotillas have been intercepted by the Israeli army.
  — Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2025
• Bruce Pawlack intercepted a pass.
  — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025
• The issue, experts say, is the long-term ability to intercept them.
  — Jane Lytvynenko, NBC news, 3 Mar. 2026
• The issue, experts say, is the long-term ability to intercept them.
  — Matt Nighswander, NBC news, 4 Mar. 2026
• Two of his attempts were intercepted.
  — Tris Wykes, Twin Cities, 16 Oct. 2025

intercept

2 of 2 noun

• The intercept is caught on video with a flash of light and colors as the target is destroyed.
  — Leada Gore, AL.com, 13 July 2017
• Russian intercepts appear to have played a role in some of the damage.
  — Charles Maynes, NPR, 18 June 2026
• Now, what is interesting in this story is not the act of the intercept.
  — Robert Bateman, Esquire, 6 June 2017
• These had flown to the intercept from bases as far away as California.
  — William Langewiesche, The Atlantic, 21 June 2018
• The best intercept point for contact is 30 inches.
  — Eno Sarris, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
• The intercept, if successful, would take place northwest of Hawaii.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 22 June 2021
• In most cases, the intercepts are deemed safe and professional.
  — Lolita C. Baldor and Tara Copp, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Mar. 2023
• Clowney intercepts deflected pass by Wright and returns the pick 27 yards to the house!
  — oregonlive, 29 Sep. 2019
• There’s no doubt that the Israeli public has posted videos of missile intercepts and more during this war.
  — Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 6 Mar. 2026
• As ships are moving targets, the missile uses a radar-seeker to complete the intercept.
  — Sebastien Roblin, Forbes, 17 June 2022
• The entire intercept is flown hands-off, with the pilot only adjusting the throttle.
  — Frank O’Brien, Ars Technica, 4 Jan. 2022
• China disputed the account and said its aircraft had made a legal intercept.
  — Jake Maxwell Watts, WSJ, 20 Oct. 2018
• Land drones are much harder to spot and intercept than larger military vehicles.
  — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 20 Apr. 2026
• Sosa was writing formulas, his finger on an interactive screen, showing how to find the intercept of a slope.
  — San Antonio Express-News, 28 Oct. 2019
• Seven minutes left in what had been a dreadful Bengals show and Dunlap leaps, tips, intercepts, runs and scores.
  — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 29 Oct. 2017
• The gang’s leaders, the Sky intercepts reveal, often reveled in torture.
  — Robert F. Worth, New York Times, 3 May 2023
• As for what happens after Stephen calls his sister, Sadie doesn’t return any of his calls to the point where his mom intercepts and tells him to stop.
  — Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 15 Jan. 2026
• One intercept sent a drone crashing into a megamall in southeast Moscow, setting the complex ablaze.
  — Charles Maynes, NPR, 18 June 2026
• People can challenge the intercept and request a hearing with DUA.
  — Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Mar. 2023
• Other countries solve this problem by conducting the intercept farther from the tank, or using a smaller, more focused blast.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 30 June 2021
• When a black and tan fellow with a jaunty tail tries to get fresh with Goldie, a park ranger intercepts his amorous advances, stern as a middle-school dance chaperone.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 16 May 2023
• Ground covers help anchor soil, intercept rainfall, and reduce rainwater run-off, all of which reduces soil compaction and erosion.
  — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 12 Apr. 2026
• As short-range search-and-rescue, armed interdiction, and air-intercept assets, the units that fly these aging platforms have little to no backup.
  — Craig Hooper, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2022
• The intercept rate has hovered at around 80%, but air defenses are being depleted rapidly.
  — David Hambling, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
• If two words diverge on the open seas & the dot product is without derivative, the intercept can be found only by Venn diagrams on the tongue.
  — Jennifer Gresham, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2020
• The Iron Dome's short-range defense system intercepts most rockets fired toward Israel.
  — NBC News, 7 Nov. 2023
• If your phone intercepts the call before Grasshopper intervenes, messages will go to your personal voicemail.
  — John Brandon, PC Magazine, 17 June 2026
• If true, this likely suggests a very tense intercept scenario, perhaps even shadowing or escorting away from Chinese airspace.
  — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 14 Feb. 2026
• Such intercepts appear to have led to the disruption of plans for kidnappings and small-arms attacks on government buildings in Europe.
  — Joby Warrick, Washington Post, 22 Apr. 2023
• Information about the intercept was shared by Gabbard with White House chief of staff Susie Wiles.
  — Michael Kaplan, CBS News, 8 Feb. 2026