Intrude
Work
Work verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).
Common collocations
| people | intrude people | work people |
Both words in one sentence
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I could talk about industrialization and men's fashions all day, but I'm afraid work must intrude, and my associate here has some questions for you.
Source: Faux Affably Evil -
We're all familiar with what happens when a writer's personal problems start to intrude upon their work—characters are killed off left and right, plots are resolved either in a depressing fashion or not at all and the worldview espoused by the work as a whole seems much bleaker than it was before.
Source: Creator Recovery -
You know, because their parents wouldn't have found new sitters since she left the state, and would be so thoughtless as to intrude on her two weeks with her non-custodial parent by asking her to work.
Cite this Source
Work and Intrude. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/intrude/work
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