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Definition of interspersing : of Intersperse

Synonyms:

enlacing, interposing, sandwiching, interjecting, bracketing

Usage examples:

• When the battle of Sannaspost was being fought a short distance from her house, Mrs. Steyl was on one of the hills overlooking the battlefield, interspersing the watching of the progress of the battle with prayers for the success of the burghers' arms. - "With the Boer Forces", Howard C. Hillegas.
• Salome bit her lip, as she listened to her brother for the next ten minutes, standing now with his back to the chimney- piece surveying the room, and interspersing his remarks on it, which were anything but complimentary, with stories of " Barington," and a fellow who had dined with them at " The Queen's." - "Salome", Emma Marshall.
• Robert, leaning back in his chair, quiet and almost surly, while the clothiers and blanket- makers vaunted his prowess and rehearsed his deeds- many of them interspersing their flatteries with coarse invectives against the operative class- was a delectable sight for Mr. Yorke. - "Shirley", Charlotte Brontë.