“The young man was plainly astonished, disconcerted as well by the obtrusion of a sordid detail into the tragedy of the time.”

“But the merits of a class are not best seen by the obtrusion of its more eminent members, but by the average.”

“On noticing an obtrusion the controller sets in motion a soft-bristled brush, or blows compressed air through tentacles attached to it.”

“Western officials say local obtrusiveness is still hampering efforts to speed up refugee returns.”

“He said the problem with Kilkerran was the obtrusiveness of some of the houses built in more recent times.”

“The effect is particularly pronounced because of the obtrusiveness and sheer volume of the music.”

“When a person approaches the haunt of fern-owls in an evening, they continue flying round the head of the obtruder.”

“The cannula was fixed to the skull with dental cement and capped with silicon without an obtruder.”

“He kneeled gently on the earthy floor and took a stick from the ground, and cleared the ground of stones and other obtrusions.”

“Wilson felt at once the harmony of beautiful things that have lived long together without obtrusions of ugliness or change.”