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.
• Last month, lawyers for the state asked the Utah Supreme Court to intervene and dismiss the case.
  — Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 Dec. 2022
• The Bank of England had to intervene to avert a wider crash.
  — Julia Horowitz, CNN, 9 Dec. 2022
• The deal hasn’t closed yet, but a lot has changed in the intervening 18 months.
  — Matt Weinberger, Fortune, 25 May 2023
• Sal is ready to kill Oz but one of Sofia’s men intervenes.
  — Joe Otterson, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024
• The woman who was with the man and bystanders tried to intervene.
  — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2025
• But the courts sided with Michael, and the Supreme Court even declined to intervene.
  — Brian Brant, Peoplemag, 6 Dec. 2023
• The party quickly intervened and the format of the Fox News event was changed.
  — Hannah Demissie, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2023
• Though that date could change if the Supreme Court decides to intervene.
  — Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 18 Dec. 2022
• The man intervened, and the bear bit him on his left leg, officials said.
  — Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 16 May 2025
• The bystander tries to intervene again, and Duffy is seen on video striking the person.
  — Greg Wehner, Fox News, 5 Mar. 2024
• Beijing intervened this week to try to reverse the sell-off.
  — Alexandra Stevenson, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2024
• One teen pulled out a gun and when the father of one of the teens intervened, someone wearing a ski mask stabbed him in the back.
  — Savanah Jackson, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2025
• Late Monday, the 15 states filed what’s known as a motion to intervene.
  — Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2022
• The Supreme Court so far has declined to intervene in climate suits.
  — Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2025
• My heart tells me God intervened not just for Trump, but for our nation.
  — Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 14 July 2024
• The administration may now take the case to the Supreme Court to intervene.
  — Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 6 May 2025
• After a district court judge refused to dismiss the case last year, the state asked the Utah Supreme Court to intervene.
  — Emily Anderson Stern, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 July 2023
• The prime minister said the appeal should be dismissed and said that the Supreme Court didn’t have grounds to intervene.
  — Ilan Ben Zion, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2023
• The prime minister said the appeal should be dismissed and said that the Supreme Court didn’t have grounds to intervene.
  — Ilan Ben Zion, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Mar. 2023
• At this point, Sen. Bernie Sanders, the chairman of the committee, intervened.
  — Stefan Becket, CBS News, 14 Nov. 2023
• Last week the state asked the Utah Supreme Court to intervene and decide the case, a move that Wright condemned as a delay tactic.
  — Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Nov. 2022
• In the face of a bond-market disarray, two of Trump’s top aides intervened.
  — Eric Cortellessa, Time, 25 Apr. 2025
• When the friend tried to intervene, Tuttle began beating the friend.
  — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 July 2023
• Tuesday evening, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a last-ditch effort to intervene in a 5-4 vote.
  — Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 18 Mar. 2025
• The woman’s companion managed to intervene, forcing the eagle to release its grip, after which the bird flew away.
  — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
• The incident reportedly got back to the Queen, who intervened.
  — Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 19 May 2025