intersperses

present tense third-person singular of intersperse

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of intersperses The visual intersperses footage from a trip the pair took to Iceland with clips of their Upstate New York home, a fitting backdrop to Sprague’s spectral vocals and wandering synth arcs. Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 23 June 2026 Captured over four back-to-back performances in Manchester’s Co-op Live Arena in July 2025, the nearly two-hour movie intersperses most of her set list with endearing snippets of behind-the-scenes footage from the day leading up to the show. Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 7 May 2026 Templeton intersperses these pictures with fragments from her teen diaries. Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2025 Greengrass intersperses those blistering moments with scenes of firefighters and other authorities talking about how to deal with the fire and filling in plot points away from the action. Brian Truitt, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025 Private property intersperses protected areas. Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 20 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intersperses
Verb
  • The film weaves together a complex narrative of New York City history and, in parts, is genuinely revelatory in its historical findings.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 30 July 2026
  • Set in Madurai, the season weaves its investigation narrative through the culturally rich backdrop of the Jallikattu festival, continuing the franchise’s throughline of rumor versus reality.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 27 July 2026
Verb
  • In honor of that legacy, Michelson often inserts Indigenous sovereignty into historically fraught public spaces.
    Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 30 July 2026
  • Luz inserts the construction pole; Susana sniffs.
    Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 26 June 2026
Verb
  • Two fuels, one engine At the heart of the demonstration is Amogy’s AMMDrive platform, which combines the company’s ammonia reformer with 2G Energy’s Agenitor 412 engine-generator.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The result is labs like Sonic Jeel, which focuses on sonic cultures; the Anthro-tech Atelier, which combines anthropology and design; and xLab, which designs typefaces and electronic displays built for Arabic scripts.
    Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Chili introduces capsaicin, which activates nerves responsible for sensing heat rather than taste.
    Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026
  • The woman usually introduces herself politely and grabs a seat to listen to the whistle of hot water pouring from a thermos.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026
Verb
  • The study incorporates data from 2021 through 2024, and mostly concerns 2023 model-year vehicles.
    Adam Ismail, The Drive, 30 July 2026
  • Spa director Emma Spencer keeps her finger on the pulse of new treatments and incorporates them with botanicals and rituals used by the indigenous Kumeyaay people across the spa menu.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 July 2026
Verb
  • The infrastructure injects the client identifier when the agent requests data.
    Tyler Akidau, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • For example, the adversary injects malicious instructions into an individual email or calendar invitation.
    Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 8 July 2026
Verb
  • Anyone who mixes politics, discipline, money and power without transparency cannot lead anything.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026
  • The slate mixes feature debuts from emerging filmmakers with new projects from directors already recognized on the festival circuit.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 30 July 2026
Verb
  • Perhaps that’s why Lucy was able to ignore the signs for so long, some of which the audience is given the chance to see in a dark and disquieting flashback that Kreutzer cleverly interjects during the movie’s second act.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 15 May 2026
  • DiMarco is a perfect fit as the besotted but fragile boy-man groom while Jason Leigh interjects hazy weirdness while Levine, Wilbusch, Birney, Crome and Fraser keep our suspicions about them on high.
    Randy Myers, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2026

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“Intersperses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intersperses. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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