Read full poem →Sing hymns to sunrise, and I drank the sound
With joy; and, often an intruding guest,
I watched her secret toils from day to day--
Dictionary Entry
To thrust oneself in; to come or enter without invitation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass.
In a Sentence
“to intrude on families at unseasonable hours; to intrude on the lands of another”
Origin
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Common Phrases
upon intruding. intrudingthemselves intrudingitself intrudinghimself intrudingintruding without
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Poetry examples for “intruding”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →O little Heart of God,
Sweet intruding stranger,
You are laughing in my human breast,