INTERPOSE in a Sentence

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67 example sentences for INTERPOSE, such as:

1. 'No, father,' Minnie interposed.
2. 'More than a mile off, Mr. Tiffey,' interposed a junior.
3. She interposed herself between the general and his wife.
4. They interpose themselves between us to stop our fighting.
5. I flung her back, and hastened to interpose the table between us.

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 Meanings and Examples of INTERPOSE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
interpose
 v.  place between; thrust; intrude; be between, either for aid or for troubling
Classic Sentence: (63 in 5 pages)
1  She might better have contented herself with thinking that he had simply responded to the despairing summons of his hostess, anxious to interpose him between herself and the ill-humour of Mrs. Dorset.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 5
2  Mr. Pontellier declined to interfere, to interpose either his influence or his authority.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XXIV
3  This unexpected resistance gave Magua time to interpose, and with rapid enunciation and animated gesture, he drew the attention of the band again to himself.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 11
4  In this state I appeared before my master, humbly entreating him to interpose his authority for my protection.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
5  Yet, uttering his long-restrained emotions so vehemently as he did, his words here offered her the very point of circumstances in which to interpose what she came to say.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XVII. THE PASTOR AND HIS PARISHIONER
6  I saw it move a little more, and a hand softly interpose to keep it open.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 40. THE WANDERER
7  I flung her back, and hastened to interpose the table between us.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
8  Nikolai Petrovitch thought it his duty to interpose in the conversation.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
9  "No, you don't," interposed Tom quickly.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
10  Drat that boy," interposed my sister, frowning at me over her work, "what a questioner he is.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter II
11  "I don't mean any present at all, Joe," I interposed.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XV
12  The space interposed between myself and them partook of that expansion, and our marshes were any distance off.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXII
13  Not pretty, interposed my mother, laying her fingers on my lips again.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 2. I OBSERVE
14  'No, father,' Minnie interposed.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 9. I HAVE A MEMORABLE BIRTHDAY
15  'More than a mile off, Mr. Tiffey,' interposed a junior.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 38. A DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP
Example Sentence:
1  They interpose themselves between us to stop our fighting.
2  I was about to propound a question, touching the manner in which that operation of changing my heart was to be performed, when Mrs. Reed interposed, telling me to sit down.
3  She interposed herself between the general and his wife.
4  Edward jerked open the door, interposing himself so that they should not stare.