How to Use interfere in a Sentence

interfere

verb
  • I tried to offer advice without interfering.
  • Those of you who don’t want to work with us, don’t interfere.
    James Verini Paolo Pellegrin, New York Times, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Have your son try to change any habits that may interfere with his sleep.
    Author: Craig Sawchuk, Ph.d., L.p., Anchorage Daily News, 25 July 2021
  • With many fans cheering him on, one interfered and led him off course.
    Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2026
  • With many fans cheering him on, one interfered and led him off course.
    Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
  • The pain of his death was too raw, and then the business of living interfered.
    Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
  • That owner picks the person to lead team ops and doesn’t interfere.
    Arthur Staple, The Athletic, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Goncalves said that there were three bystanders who stepped in to interfere in the shooting.
    Antonia Noori Farzan, The Providence Journal, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Eastman’s advice sought to interfere with this process in two ways.
    Freddy Brewster, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2022
  • Here’s when to watch and how to catch the best views before bright moonlight interferes.
    Julia Gomez, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • And no string, rope, cord or twine, which can interfere with postal machinery.
    Marc Bona, cleveland, 2 Dec. 2021
  • This will do nothing but interfere in the market.
    The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Let your daughter mature at her own pace and resist the urge to interfere.
    Abigail Van Buren, cleveland, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Scrolling at night can interfere with your sleep cycle due to the blue light these screens emit, Valdez says.
    Emilia Benton, Men's Health, 29 Apr. 2022
  • Maduro has long claimed elections are fair and outsiders are trying to interfere.
    Ivana Saric, Axios, 30 July 2024
  • Always stay true to yourself and don’t let outsiders interfere with your unique love.
    Karla Pope, Good Housekeeping, 25 Dec. 2022
  • Putin has threatened the whole world not to interfere, but if the world stays aside, Putin will come to it too.
    Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 24 Feb. 2022
  • Notably, Brock Lesnar did not interfere in the match.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
  • But a thing called the Civil War interfered.
    Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 12 June 2026
  • But a thing called the Civil War interfered.
    Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 10 Apr. 2026
  • But a thing called the Civil War interfered.
    Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
  • All the lights at night disorient them and can interfere with their ability to find a mate.
    Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 28 June 2022
  • All the lights at night disorient them and can interfere with their ability to find a mate.
    Sarah Bowman, USA TODAY, 2 July 2022
  • Protesting is standing off to the side and not interfering.
    Frank Langfitt, NPR, 29 Jan. 2026
  • The humid air could interfere by sticking to the sensor.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 Aug. 2025
  • As for the air, humans are polluting it in ways that interfere greatly with the lives of birds.
    Martha C. Nussbaum, The New York Review of Books, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Those coats, however, can interfere with the proper harness fit on a child in a car seat.
    Leada Gore | [email protected], al, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Is there a part of you that fears that her new relationship might interfere with your friendship?
    Blair Braverman, Outside Online, 25 July 2022
  • With no moonlight to interfere, this might turn out to be one of the best meteor displays of the year.
    Joe Rao, Space.com, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Of course, the real world always interferes.
    Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2026

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