How to Use intervene in a Sentence

intervene

verb

• The prisoner asked me to intervene with the authorities on his behalf.
• The military had to intervene to restore order.
• We will leave on time unless some crisis intervenes.
• Twenty years intervened between their first and last meetings.
• The prime minister said the appeal should be dismissed and said that the Supreme Court didn’t have grounds to intervene.
  — Ilan Ben Zion, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2023
• The Crumbleys did even more than fail to intervene, however, which is what makes this case so different.
  — Jillian Peterson, CNN, 28 Mar. 2023
• During oral arguments, the justices wrestled first with whether the court even had jurisdiction to intervene in the state case.
  — Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2024
• Clinton, too, ultimately followed through on his promise to intervene in Bosnia’s civil war.
  — Jeffrey A. Friedman, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2024
• The Supreme Court has been asked to intervene in the legal dispute before, but in an earlier stage in the litigation.
  — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2024
• Benedicto coordinates with bus depot agents on the lookout for young children, and with local police who have powers to intervene.
  — Lisa Cohen, CNN, 18 Mar. 2023
• The man accused in his attack had been released from prison a day earlier — sparking cries, including by the victim’s friend who intervened in the attack, to boost punishment in the District.
  — Emily Davies, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2023
• The deal hasn’t closed yet, but a lot has changed in the intervening 18 months.
  — Matt Weinberger, Fortune, 25 May 2023
• But the courts sided with Michael, and the Supreme Court even declined to intervene.
  — Brian Brant, Peoplemag, 6 Dec. 2023
• The party quickly intervened and the format of the Fox News event was changed.
  — Hannah Demissie, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2023
• The bystander tries to intervene again, and Duffy is seen on video striking the person.
  — Greg Wehner, Fox News, 5 Mar. 2024
• Beijing intervened this week to try to reverse the sell-off.
  — Alexandra Stevenson, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2024
• My heart tells me God intervened not just for Trump, but for our nation.
  — Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 14 July 2024
• After a district court judge refused to dismiss the case last year, the state asked the Utah Supreme Court to intervene.
  — Emily Anderson Stern, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 July 2023
• At this point, Sen. Bernie Sanders, the chairman of the committee, intervened.
  — Stefan Becket, CBS News, 14 Nov. 2023
• When the friend tried to intervene, Tuttle began beating the friend.
  — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 July 2023
• But the idea that any previous attempts to intervene with weather patterns have involved the creation or worsening of hurricanes is unsubstantiated and false.
  — Bruna Horvath, NBC News, 10 Oct. 2024
• That student intervened and was slashed in the ear, according to the statement.
  — Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 20 June 2024
• The mother called the police and an officer was able to intervene.
  — Hanna Krueger, BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2023
• As one of the men raped her the other fought off her 34-year-old boyfriend, who tried to intervene, striking him with an object, cops said.
  — Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2024
• Israel imposed a land and sea blockade on the tiny coastal enclave and fought four wars in Gaza in the intervening years.
  — Miriam Berger, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2023
• The woman ran from the home, and as she was being stabbed, a good Samaritan driving by stopped to intervene.
  — Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 28 Mar. 2024
• The challengers then asked the Supreme Court to intervene on an emergency basis.
  — Ann E. Marimow, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2024
• The man then knocked Cote to the ground and pummeled his face, stopping only when a passing driver pulled over and intervened.
  — Agreen, oregonlive, 13 Aug. 2023
• Zoom in: Benchmark raised the exact same amount for its last fund in 2020, despite the intervening AI boom.
  — Dan Primack, Axios, 9 July 2024
• Much has happened in the intervening years, but Emanuel is still battling.
  — Kim Masters, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 27 Oct 2024