irruption

• Beyond this were a kitchen and some sheds Baby Hester sat on the floor and looked amazed at the irruption, then began to whimper. —  A Little Girl in Old Boston
• And O the long, long night, with no return of her father and no tidings Twice more in the darkness the bell at the great gate sounded, and the irruption was repeated, and the grindstone whirled and spluttered. —  A Tale of Two Cities
• The leaders of the Protestants hurriedly ran together, and, suspicious of treachery, sent an earnest appeal to the king The infamous emperor, not yet ready to lay aside the vail, called Heaven to witness that the irruption was made without his knowledge, and advised vigorous measures to repel the foe, while he carefully thwarted the execution of any such measures. —  The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power
• Great was their surprise at 5 the suddenness of the irruption, and great also their consternation; for, according to their settled custom, by far the greater part of their number was absent during the winter months at the fisheries upon the Caspian. —  De Quincey's Revolt of the Tartars
• And if Krause struck some roots here--more numerous and more permanent than is commonly supposed--it is because Krause had roots in pietism, and pietism, as Ritschl has demonstrated in his Geschichte des Pietismus_, has specifically Catholic roots and may be described as the irruption, or rather the persistence, of Catholic mysticism in the heart of Protestant rationalism. —  Tragic Sense Of Life

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