How to Use interject in a Sentence

interject

verb
  • She listened to us, interjecting remarks every so often.
  • If I may interject, I have things I'd like to add.
  • Kasten could not pass up the chance to interject.
    Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
  • When a store owner starts to interject, the police cut in again.
    Sanya Mansoor, TIME, 1 May 2024
  • Did Bruce interject at all how he was portrayed?
    Mike Ryan, IndieWire, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Steve interjects with the good-natured air of one who has had to explain this before.
    Matthew J. Palm, OrlandoSentinel.com, 7 Apr. 2018
  • And if something else was missing, James knows how to interject it.
    Washington Post, 5 Mar. 2021
  • Lecrae said his purpose was to entertain the men and interject some joy into their lives.
    Mike Cason | [email protected], al, 12 Sep. 2020
  • Trump stood next to Moore and interjected with approvals.
    Josh Boak, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
  • There are many ways to interject color into a space that’s not overwhelming.
    Eleni N. Gage, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 May 2025
  • Coconut's milky flavor will help tame this soup's bold tomato taste and interject notes of light fruitiness.
    Kate Franke, Woman's Day, 16 May 2023
  • But baseball work, Preller interjected, is fun work.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025
  • My goal for this forum was to let others speak and to listen without interjecting.
    Steve Sidd, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Don’t interject something that’s going to be detrimental to the first thing.
    Chevall Pryce, Houston Chronicle, 28 June 2019
  • At that moment, a hotel guest walking down the hall interjected.
    Rich Schapiro, NBC News, 2 Aug. 2024
  • Alchemist gives Gibbs his space to riff, but knows when to interject and add on to the conversation.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Shultz then interjected to share that now the family is dealing with the transplant.
    Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
  • That was the first of many times Grassley would interject while one of the few women empowered to speak opened her mouth.
    Abby Gardner, Glamour, 27 Sep. 2018
  • One even hid in the lower branches of my Norway spruce tree while singing and interjecting the sound which gave it its name.
    Sheryl De Vore, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026
  • The cross examination became so tense that the judge had to interject.
    Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 31 Mar. 2022
  • At the same time, auto makers are programming the car to interject with more suggestions of its own.
    Mike Colias, WSJ, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Aaron pulled the same move right back on Devin, interjecting his time with Jenn, and then Devin jumped in once more.
    Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 16 July 2024
  • And someone paused their hopping and pumping to interject on Sandy’s behalf.
    Riley Van Steward, Forbes, 26 Mar. 2023
  • Having been the one to purchase the tickets in the first place, the woman quickly interjected.
    Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 21 May 2024
  • Robin Quivers interjected in the interview that the girl was drugged.
    Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Feb. 2018
  • Alana tried to interject and was quickly discounted before Chris was bullied to leave.
    Haley Kluge, Variety, 7 Sep. 2021
  • Sue Becker, an attorney on Kobach’s team, tried to interject.
    Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 14 Mar. 2018
  • Bradl had other issues with motions Gubitose made with the gun, but the judge interjected.
    Matt Schooley, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026
  • At times, several Democrats on the committee tried to interject.
    Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press, 3 Dec. 2020
  • King interjected by telling Braun that there isn’t enough evidence to back up claims that warm weather can curb the spread of the disease.
    Indianapolis Star, 24 Mar. 2020

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