How to Use intrusion in a Sentence

intrusion

noun

• The breakup was painful for me, and the pictures were a random and jarring intrusion, leaving me sad for the rest of the day.
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2023
• To be a fourth party on the Zoom feels like both a privilege and an intrusion.
  — Sam Reed, Glamour, 31 Mar. 2023
• Will an older dog think of a new friend as a playmate or an intrusion?
  — Vanessa Infanzon, Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2024
• These were the ones that felt like the biggest intrusion of privacy.
  — Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 21 July 2023
• The link has been a recurring intrusion into my thoughts for years.
  — Matt Curtis, New York Times, 21 June 2023
• In the first half of the 20th century, wells in Brooklyn and Queens began to show signs of saltwater intrusion.
  — Mira Rojanasakul, New York Times, 28 Aug. 2023
• In fact, most of the drama that TikTok so desires seems to primarily stem from the app’s intrusion into the ship in the first place.
  — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 26 Jan. 2024
• There is debate among different arms of the U.S. government about the intent of the intrusions, but not about their source.
  — Julian E. Barnes, New York Times, 29 July 2023
• The exposure and all the media intrusion had made many people fear for the safety of all children and teachers at 261.
  — Ginia Bellafante, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2024
• This may have been the first successful intrusion of the White House grounds since the fence was heightened, but this is not the first time a toddler has made their way into the complex.
  — Justin Klawans, The Week, 18 Apr. 2023
• Forests have also been displaced due to the intrusion of saltwater and the subsiding land.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 21 Feb. 2024
• The intrusions appeared, for now, to be an espionage campaign.
  — David E. Sanger, New York Times, 24 May 2023
• Officers arrived around 11:30 p.m. after the intrusion alarm went off to find a window broken, the door ajar and three puppies stolen.
  — Fox19 Digital Staff, The Enquirer, 9 Mar. 2023
• Before the intrusion into Greek airspace on Friday, Erdogan seemed to be on board.
  — Chris Massaro, Fox News, 17 July 2023
• Jones attracts and hires only coaches who are willing to put up with his intrusions and constant opining in the media.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2023
• Some hear only noise, an intrusion, something to complain about.
  — Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Jan. 2023
• The location of this intrusion may remind some people of the eruptions at Heimaey that started in January 1973.
  — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2023
• When cities pump too much water, that can lead to saltwater intrusion into wells and ecological damage to springs, lakes and rivers and to the wildlife and plants that depend on the wetlands.
  — Lori Rozsa, Washington Post, 5 July 2023
• As the land surface slowly eroded, the harder granite intrusion was exposed to the elements that would shape them into the bizarre forms seen today.
  — Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 27 Apr. 2023
• The ruins of your home are now a stage, and photographers will soon immortalize this intrusion.
  — Sophie Pinkham, The New York Review of Books, 16 Nov. 2023
• The worst of the saltwater intrusion for New Orleans is expected in late October and could threaten the city’s water supply for three month.
  — David Chiu, Peoplemag, 29 Sep. 2023
• The motive behind the British intrusion was more mysterious.
  — Mark Landler, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2024
• In terms of personal intrusion, the field audit is colonoscopic.
  — Neal B. Freeman, National Review, 10 Feb. 2023
• Fly reels are sensitive to saltwater intrusion, but the Colton Terrapin is the best all around fly fishing reel for saltwater and one of the most rugged and reliable—and simple—fly reels made.
  — Jerry Audet, Field & Stream, 19 July 2023
• Beaumont in particular has long had water intrusion problems that have caused mold to grow in the school’s buildings, as well as uneven pavement.
  — Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 July 2023
• The hackers behind the intrusion stole from the company’s internal systems.
  — PCMAG, 28 Feb. 2023
• Even so, the intrusion is embarrassing for the maker of Windows and Office software, which also runs some of the world’s largest cloud services businesses.
  — Joseph Menn, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2024
• The intrusion produces no apparent reaction, and the drone eventually lift off and flies away.
  — Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 3 Mar. 2023
• It is therefore protected by security from intrusion by both the public and the media.
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 1 Mar. 2023
• The only pinching the driver perceives is the intrusion of the roof pillars and the motorized rear wing on outward visibility.
  — Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 24 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024