How to Use intersperse in a Sentence

intersperse

verb

• Some seagulls were interspersed among the ducks.
• You should intersperse these pictures evenly throughout the book.
• The images are interspersed with facts about the state and its business climate.
  — William Thornton, AL.com, 21 June 2017
• Extremely slow brain waves called delta waves appear, interspersed with smaller, faster waves.
  — Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati.com, 26 June 2017
• Interspersed between is a cadre of new character with more quirkiness.
  — Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 13 June 2017
• Like many European food halls, produce stands and butchers are interspersed with small bars and eateries.
  — Fortune, 17 June 2017
• The Mac and iPad divisions will be interspersed with software teams on the middle levels.
  — Christina Passariello, WSJ, 26 July 2017
• Residents, including those in the small, simple houses of wood or brick interspersed among the gers, have no choice but to use pit toilets and to burn dirty coal for heating.
  — The Economist, 13 July 2017
• Non-fictional material like blog posts and news photos intersperse the story, as if this were an academic study rather than a novel.
  — Sam Sacks, WSJ, 14 July 2017
• Both begin at 7 p.m. Each features three guest readers, interspersed with stories by audience members whose names are pulled from a hat.
  — Nikki Delamotte, cleveland.com, 10 July 2017
• His writing, by turns encouraging and nostalgic, is interspersed with life-drawing sketches and with panels from his graphic novels.
  — The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
• Adding poignancy, the narrative is interspersed with obituaries of some of the patients Shelly could not save, showing them as human beings and not just names on a medical chart.
  — Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 10 Nov. 2024
• Couples who looked at images of puppies, babies and pizza, interspersed with photos of their spouse for six minutes every three days reported being more happily married after six weeks.
  — Belinda Luscombe, Time, 21 June 2017
• What of the churches interspersed with the mosques in Medan?
  — New York Times, 18 Oct. 2019
• The post was also interspersed with some quick snaps of shells and the scenic blue waters.
  — Henry Chandonnet, Peoplemag, 7 July 2023
• This is all interspersed with clips of Jamie and Trevor making out in a hot tub.
  — Lia Beck, refinery29.com, 20 Apr. 2020
• Her words were interspersed with bangs in the distance.
  — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 25 June 2024
• They’re are interspersed with the large flat stones used in the massive display.
  — Denise Coffey, courant.com, 22 July 2019
• The gray itself is a shock of silvery white interspersed with some brown strands on the nape of my neck and along my cheeks.
  — Jessica Berger Gross, Longreads, 10 July 2018
• The nearby air fills with the electric motor thrum of the oil pump jacks they are interspersed with.
  — Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 16 Feb. 2020
• The first part of spring can still bring plenty of chilly weather interspersed with those mild days.
  — Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Mar. 2023
• The poems, interspersed throughout the film, aren’t easy to listen to.
  — By Joan Chrissos, Miami Herald, 17 June 2024
• The cheeky clip features the Chicks interspersed with vintage clips.
  — Joey Guerra, Houston Chronicle, 4 Mar. 2020
• Songs by Mashrou’ Leila, a Lebanese rock band with an openly gay singer, are interspersed throughout the shows.
  — The Economist, 15 Mar. 2018
• These boxes were interspersed with all sorts of things.
  — Adrienne Mahsa Varkiani, The New Republic, 20 June 2023
• Seafood, seafood, and more seafood, interspersed with some moose and fried bologna (known as Newfoundland steak).
  — Bridget Hallinan, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 May 2018
• Mealtime—breakfast and lunch are served on the train, interspersed with many appearances of the bar cart—was an event.
  — Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2023
• And, of course, he's got something to say about the creative process interspersed with teases of his fashion projects.
  — NBC News, 21 Apr. 2018
• Four of the payments were in even amounts, interspersed among those made by his leadership PAC.
  — Paul Pringle, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2023
• The video for the song, released today, intersperses live-action Sheeran and his costar Claudia Jessie (Bridgerton) with animation from the movie.
  — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 26 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Dec 2024