obtruded

Lord Lochcarron replied, “I did not mean that the word obtruded should refer to the intelligence itself, but to the manner of the person from whom I received it; the matter,” he added, smiling, “cannot be otherwise than pleasing to me, since, if true, it assures me that I shall soon be honoured with a new tie of relationship.”

Any Thing But What You Expect 1819

“And from the word obtruded, I should suppose not more singular than unwelcome,” returned Lord Dunotter, smiling; “pray what was it?”

Any Thing But What You Expect 1819

Number Thirteen did not know, of course, but the idea obtruded itself, and had sufficient weight to cause him to remain seated upon the edge of the bed meditating upon the act he contemplated.

The Monster Men Edgar Rice Burroughs 1912

Recollections occasionally obtruded, -- recollections of marts and galleries and crowded thoroughfares, of evening dress and social functions, of good men and dear women he had known, -- but they were dim memories of a life he had lived long centuries agone, on some other planet.

In a Far Country 2010

She pondered the flower slowly and thoughtfully, as a hasheesh-eater, heavy with the drug, might ponder some whim-flower that obtruded on his vision.

Jack London's Short Story - Planchette 2010

Lucile seemed ready to cry, and showed a repressed perturbation quite unexpected of her; while, try as she would, Frona could not call upon her usual sympathy to drive away the coldness which obtruded intangibly between them.

CHAPTER 21 2010

And yet, what continually surprised him was that this culture was never obtruded on their intercourse.

Chapter XV 2010

Day after day it worried him, and the candy shop and the girl behind the counter continually obtruded themselves.

Chapter 2 2010

Recollections occasionally obtruded, -- recollections of marts and galleries and crowded thoroughfares, of evening dress and social functions, of good men and dear women he had known, -- but they were dim memories of a life he had lived long centuries agone, on some other planet.

In a Far Country 2010

The first he saw was the parasol, strangely obtruded between him and the sky.

THE HOBO AND THE FAIRY 2010