How to Use intervene in a Sentence

intervene

verb

• The prisoner asked me to intervene with the authorities on his behalf.
• The military had to intervene to restore order.
• We will leave on time unless some crisis intervenes.
• Twenty years intervened between their first and last meetings.
• So far, the judge has yet to intervene.
  — Arden Farhi, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
• The court didn’t ask him to intervene.
  — Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 8 May 2026
• Trump no choice but to intervene.
  — Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 3 Feb. 2026
• Friends were asked to intervene.
  — Kansas City Star, 3 Feb. 2026
• Ok but who here intervenes when sh%^ is going off the rails?
  — Chris Morocco, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Feb. 2026
• All judges so far have declined to intervene in the process.
  — Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025
• All judges have declined to intervene in the process.
  — Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025
• As the pair tried to leave the store, a 46-year-old man intervened.
  — Elyssa Kaufman, CBS News, 14 Feb. 2026
• Much has changed in the intervening years.
  — Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 11 May 2026
• The woman who was with the man and bystanders tried to intervene.
  — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2025
• This is the second time in as many days that rain has intervened in the track schedule.
  — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 23 May 2026
• In this view, great powers ought to be able to intervene in their own backyards.
  — Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2026
• The man intervened, and the bear bit him on his left leg, officials said.
  — Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 16 May 2025
• The alliance hasn't intervened or signaled any plan to do so.
  — ABC News, 1 Apr. 2026
• The alliance hasn't intervened or signaled any plan to do so.
  — Arkansas Online, 5 Apr. 2026
• The witness made a U-turn to intervene.
  — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 21 Jan. 2026
• Neighbors have heard the noise & intervened often in the past year.
  — Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 10 Feb. 2026
• All judges have declined to intervene.
  — Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2025
• The deal hasn’t closed yet, but a lot has changed in the intervening 18 months.
  — Matt Weinberger, Fortune, 25 May 2023
• Medicine should not wait for surgical proof to intervene.
  — Sarah Berg, STAT, 26 Mar. 2026
• My screams finally drew my friend’s mom to intervene.
  — Jennifer Wolfgram, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
• The alliance hasn’t intervened or signaled any plan to.
  — Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2026
• The most important thing is for a customer not to try to intervene.
  — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2025
• The result is now so bad that a federal judge had to intervene.
  — Jem Aswad, Variety, 2 June 2026
• Andy Garbe was one of the men who intervened during the attack.
  — Joy Benedict, CBS News, 19 June 2026
• My heart tells me God intervened not just for Trump, but for our nation.
  — Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 14 July 2024