How to Use intrusive in a Sentence

intrusive

adjective

• She tried to be helpful without being intrusive.
• Intrusive reporters disturbed their privacy.
• The first is that the world is a much more intrusive space.
  — CBS News, 23 Nov. 2022
• And all the while these intrusive thoughts distract from the world right in front of us.
  — Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 15 Oct. 2024
• And that’s just the start of Masha’s intrusive meddling and mind games.
  — oregonlive, 11 Aug. 2021
• But Paul Clement, the lawyer for the coach, said the prayer in the Texas case was made over a loudspeaker and thus was more intrusive.
  — Jeffrey Toobin, CNN, 25 Apr. 2022
• Late one night in August 2019, intrusive thoughts were telling him to bang his head on the wall.
  — Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2021
• The issue of intrusive microphones can be fixed, and that’s the good news.
  — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Apr. 2023
• Her lyrics are barbed with intrusive ideas that pull you in like a secret.
  — Sarah Grant, SPIN, 8 Mar. 2023
• But once the class ended, some intrusive thoughts crept in.
  — Kate Willsky, SELF, 14 May 2022
• What is the best way to respond to this question that will not lead to more intrusive questions?
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2023
• Compared to all the other Ring devices, though, this one feels the most intrusive.
  — Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 15 Feb. 2023
• Siroker says the goal is to figure out how to do that in the least intrusive way possible.
  — David Pierce, The Verge, 23 Mar. 2023
• This helps build trust, since the process is less intrusive and burdensome for the user.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
• The LEDs can be gaudy or, worse, intrusive, and can be hard to disable or customize.
  — Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 18 Aug. 2022
• In a restaurant, if the sound of someone’s cellphone video is intrusive, ask the host to move you to a quieter table.
  — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 11 July 2023
• Was that because the press was less intrusive, and there was no social media?
  — Caryn James, Town & Country, 21 July 2022
• Some users viewed the introduction as an intrusive step that went too far, and Roku may hear the same feedback.
  — Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 29 Apr. 2024
• To keep rods secure on a boat, look for a flush mount rod holder that is the sturdiest and least intrusive way to hold a fishing rod.
  — Ric Burnley, Field & Stream, 25 Oct. 2023
• Telling neighbors that their teenager left the car windows open would be intrusive.
  — Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 8 July 2024
• The intrusive thoughts about his small children, the images of death replayed in his mind, the boundless worry that he was broken, the sleepless nights.
  — Caroline Anders, Washington Post, 1 July 2022
• The latter are both less effective and far more intrusive.
  — Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 20 Nov. 2023
• Indika cannot wholly keep out these intrusive thoughts and visions, and that is part of the wretched fun in playing the game.
  — Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 1 May 2024
• Then, out of nowhere on a form, my credit card processor asked me a ridiculous and beyond the pale, intrusive question: date of birth.
  — Dylan Ogline, Forbes, 6 May 2022
• With a low noise level, the air purifier is non-intrusive and works well in busy households.
  — Gabriela Izquierdo, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Nov. 2022
• Baby-Sitters Club may find what end-of-the-world-stakes there are to be frustratingly intrusive.
  — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 July 2022
• Her intrusive thoughts are organic to how most of us feel when starting something new.
  — Celeste Polanco, Essence, 13 Mar. 2024
• Walking through the museum can feel intimate to the point of intrusive.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 15 Oct. 2021
• But these screens and the procedures for digital tipping have proven more intrusive than a low-pressure cash tip jar with a few bucks in it.
  — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 25 Mar. 2023
• But this type of surveillance does not always work and can also be intrusive.
  — The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 23 Jan. 2023

Last Updated: 19 Nov 2024