obtrude
Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2010 1:51 pm
[uh b-trood]
1. to thrust (something) forward or upon a person, esp. without warrant or invitation: to obtrude one's opinions upon others.
2. to thrust forth; push out.
No--there is something else concerning which I should like to write to you, but am afraid to obtrude upon your notice.
Unwilling to obtrude himself on the princess, Rostov did not go back to the house but remained in the village awaiting her departure.
At length, the clock was hidden from his sight by some envious shutters, then the church steeples proclaimed eleven at night, then the quarter past, and then the conviction seemed to obtrude itself on his mind that it was no use tarrying there any longer.
1. to thrust (something) forward or upon a person, esp. without warrant or invitation: to obtrude one's opinions upon others.
2. to thrust forth; push out.
No--there is something else concerning which I should like to write to you, but am afraid to obtrude upon your notice.
Unwilling to obtrude himself on the princess, Rostov did not go back to the house but remained in the village awaiting her departure.
At length, the clock was hidden from his sight by some envious shutters, then the church steeples proclaimed eleven at night, then the quarter past, and then the conviction seemed to obtrude itself on his mind that it was no use tarrying there any longer.