How to Use interfere in a Sentence

interfere

verb
  • I tried to offer advice without interfering.
  • Soon, Harry is starting to interfere in her son’s baffling murder case.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 10 Aug. 2022
  • Alcohol can prevent deeper stages of sleep, and such foods can cause digestive issues that interfere with restorative sleep.
    Kristen Rogers, CNN, 10 Aug. 2022
  • To capture usable images and video, the team needs a robot that can swim and produce light—both of which could easily interfere with their subjects' behavior.
    Katherine Harmon Courage, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2022
  • The ranger alleged that Dorsett had interfered and obstructed him from performing his law enforcement duties.
    Alex Riggins, The Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2024
  • Have these officials, as some charge now, used their authority to interfere with America’s democratic process?
    Joshua Ferrer, The Conversation, 1 Aug. 2022
  • Consider plumbing and pipe sounds, HVAC noise or even noise from your computer that could interfere with the sound quality of your show.
    Ginni Saraswati, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2022
  • Extensive research shows that trauma can result in poor academic performance and more anxiety or aggression that can interfere with learning.
    Elizabeth Zumpe, The Conversation, 2 Aug. 2022
  • In a speech at the time, Putin pointedly referred to Russia’s nuclear arsenal and warned outside powers against any attempt to interfere.
    Reuters, NBC News, 1 Aug. 2022
  • Archer has denied the claims and filed certain counterclaims, accusing Wisk of making false statements to damage its reputation and interfere in its business.
    Alison Sider and Micah Maidenberg, WSJ, 10 Aug. 2022
  • Those of you who don’t want to work with us, don’t interfere.
    James Verini Paolo Pellegrin, New York Times, 1 Nov. 2023
  • The day after the vote, Netanyahu challenged the court not to interfere.
    Jo-Ann Mort, The New Republic, 26 July 2023
  • As for the air, humans are polluting it in ways that interfere greatly with the lives of birds.
    Martha C. Nussbaum, The New York Review of Books, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Let your daughter mature at her own pace and resist the urge to interfere.
    Abigail Van Buren, cleveland, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Supporters say the Supreme Court should not interfere in the will of the people, who vote the politicians into power.
    Hadas Gold, CNN, 25 Mar. 2023
  • And in the case of one Biden attempt at rewriting the rulebook, there is a legal aspect that can interfere as well.
    Max Thornberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 8 Aug. 2024
  • The government would not interfere in the daily habits of its subjects.
    Bernard Haykel, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2024
  • For now, De León won’t let this recall interfere with his attempts to return to work.
    Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2023
  • Those coats, however, can interfere with the proper harness fit on a child in a car seat.
    Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 20 Dec. 2022
  • The union and the company agreed to set dates that would not interfere with the holiday shopping season.
    Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun, 9 Dec. 2022
  • That could interfere with the ability of blood banks to test donations for HIV.
    Alexander Tin, CBS News, 6 Dec. 2022
  • Always stay true to yourself and don’t let outsiders interfere with your unique love.
    Karla Pope, Good Housekeeping, 25 Dec. 2022
  • Apparently, the poor woman had tried to interfere too much in his work.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 9 Oct. 2023
  • Maduro has long claimed elections are fair and outsiders are trying to interfere.
    Ivana Saric, Axios, 30 July 2024
  • The queen believed strongly that the monarch shouldn’t interfere in politics.
    William Booth, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2022
  • This feeling of heft, however, is not out of place in a full-size luxury car and does not seem to interfere in any way with the handling.
    William Jeanes, Car and Driver, 30 June 2023
  • But, instead, look at how social media was used to interfere in elections, to cause harm.
    ABC News, 2 Apr. 2023
  • This is someone who tried to interfere with a joint session, even inciting a mob to attack the Capitol.
    Catherine Garcia, The Week, 19 Dec. 2022
  • The two agree not to interfere with each other’s self-destructive life choices.
    Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Oct. 2022
  • Channel your energy into knowledge, education and updating your skills, and make your intentions crystal clear to anyone who interferes.
    Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 4 Oct. 2024

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