intruded

past tense of intrude
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as in interrupted
to cause a disruption in a conversation or discussion forgive me for intruding, but I think I know where that restaurant is

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Recent Examples of intruded The national fight intruded on the final days of the Illinois races. — Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2026 Masterson’s lawyers objected and argued on appeal that the court had improperly intruded into interpretation of church doctrine. — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 27 Oct. 2026 The judge concluded that the policy violated federal law and intruded on authority Congress had left with the states. — Thom Reilly, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2026 This week, an ethical question, of all things, intruded into the baseball playoffs. — Scott Simon, NPR, 10 Oct. 2026 OpenAI models broke out of testing environments, gained access to the open internet, and intruded into Hugging Face’s computer systems. — Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026 If the bill becomes law and the county challenges it, Pio Roda said county attorneys could argue that the state had improperly intruded into a local matter. — Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 13 July 2026 So the familiarity of my story with John sometimes intruded into what was supposed to be this fairy tale. — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 28 June 2026 But getting out of military service remains controversial in South Korea, and last week, a minor scandal intruded on the usual rhythms of the World Cup. — E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 24 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intruded
Verb
  • Her screaming is interrupted only by the reiki healer walking over with her little drum, just in time.
    — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Throughout the morning, Czech public radio broadcast only music, interrupted by a brief statement explaining the reasons for the strike and a minute of silence.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • But there was a problem, which was that all my amateur acting interfered badly with my work as a journalist.
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2026
  • He was supposed to be one-on-one with Reigns before Jimmy Uso interfered and cost him the title.
    — Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • That book really messed me up in the sense of nothing is promised.
    — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Had a couple calls in here that messed it up a little bit, but that’s the game.
    — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 27 Sep. 2026

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“Intruded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intruded. Accessed 9 Nov. 2026.

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