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
  • Rome — Scorching temperatures and a long, dry summer have given locals and tourists alike a rare opportunity to see the remains of a 2,000-year-old bridge that once spanned the Tiber river that weaves through the center of Rome.
    Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The jukebox musical weaves songs from across Keys’ career into the fictional Ali’s story.
    Maya Santiago, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 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
  • The stronger approach combines verification, practical assessment, and human oversight at the points where a hiring decision carries the most risk.
    Kara Dennison, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • The research combines that approach with CAD data, inspection information and the capabilities of the robot itself.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • This could not be more apparent in the cold open, which suddenly introduces a new Buckley classmate named Really Rhonda, played by the aggressively Gen-Z actress Ivy Wolk.
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Abdelkader told Fortune lawmakers should make cybersecurity a primary consideration akin to airbags, noting that every connected vehicle introduces some degree of cyber risk.
    Joshua Hong, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • This material can be coated with a proprietary glaze called EverClean, which incorporates silver into the mix.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Her practice incorporates reiki, chakra work, and the energetic presence of the horses, using their sensitivity and subsequent behavior as a mirror for our unspoken emotional weight.
    Charley Ward, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The patient injects them for up to two weeks to encourage the ovaries to produce as many healthy eggs as possible.
    Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Think of it like a recipe, maybe adding flowers to a frosted cake or sprinkling powdered sugar atop a sponge cake; Stewart's rose gold hair injects a sprinkle of the same whimsy into the last few weeks of summertime.
    Kara Nesvig, Allure, 10 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The watch comes in gray or titanium silver case options and retains its predecessor's squircle design, which mixes a rounded-square bezel with a circular watch face.
    Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Forty miles west of Minneapolis, Howard Lake mixes water recreation with country living.
    John Lauritsen, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Caught between a defensive line of fans, an array of worried and/or triggered observers, and people dressing their gleeful critiques of a woman’s body in the guise of concern, Grande interjects some of the slowest, somberest music of her career.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 Aug. 2026
  • 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

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“Intersperses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intersperses. Accessed 19 Aug. 2026.

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