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Indian clubs had never before obtruded themselves upon her peaceful and very feminine existence.

The other side seldom obtruded itself upon her memory--the long, black nights--the chill, terrible jungle nights--the cold and damp and discomfort of the rainy season--the hideous mouthings of the savage carnivora as they prowled through the Stygian darkness beneath--the constant menace of Sheeta, the panther, and Histah, the snake--the stinging insects--the loathesome vermin.

Not a leaf stirred; not a sound obtruded upon great Nature's meditation.

At one moment she simply resented the selfishness of a man who had obtruded his dark looks and passionate language on her joy; for there is nothing that a woman can less easily forgive than the language of a passion which, even if only for the moment, she does not share.

But last summer he was again most painfully obtruded on my notice.

But these reflections now seldom obtruded upon me; I gave myself up to the passing hour, and if ever disagreeable thoughts arose in my mind, I drove them away.

Von Horn and Professor Maxon followed closely in Sing's wake, the younger man horrified by the terrible possibilities that obtruded themselves into his imagination despite his every effort to assure himself that no harm could come to Virginia Maxon before they reached her.

The Opposition parties -- that is, the DUP, the National Umma Party and the Leftists, denounced the regime's committees and asserted that their members were obtruded on such committees without their respective parties' consent.

Though individual voices occasionally obtruded, textures were generally well melded, attack was secure, dynamic response was subtle, and diction well-intentioned, despite the acoustic clouds which inhabit the roof of this magnificent building (Vaughan Williams' O Mistress Mine lost its crucial second word, for example).

The sturdy, clear-cut voices that obtruded in the melee of shows were from designers who dared to be themselves and thus offered clarity with choices.