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Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

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(usually a mass noun) Lodging in a dwelling or similar living quarters afforded to travellers in hotels or on cruise ships, or prisoners, etc.

Writers often choose accommodation when discussing complex ideas.

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obtruding

Part of SpeechverbUsed In Literature ↓

To proffer (something) by force; to impose (something) on someone or into some area.

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itself obtrudingthemselves obtrudingupon obtrudinghimself obtrudingmyself obtrudingobtruding withoutobtruding never
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Poetry examples for obtruding

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

even he, an obscure, nameless Bard, shrinks aghast at the thought of

being branded as--an impertinent blockhead, obtruding his nonsense on

the world; and, because he can make a shift to jingle a few doggerel

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