intermitted
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His only systematic reading was a persistent, though frequently intermitted, exploration of religious biographies and the literature of religious conversion, in preparation for the Gifford Lectures.
From The Letters of William James, Vol. II by William James
During the days of kwedi the men go in the mornings to fish; while they are away at the work, the weeping is intermitted lest in some way it spoil the fishing.
From Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions by Robert Hamill Nassau
For a long time these walks had been intermitted, and he had almost forgotten the irritation of the past in this respect.
From A Country Gentleman and his Family by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
The Stitch must be intermitted, being made with two crooked Needles threaded at each end with the same Thread.
From The Compleat Surgeon or, the whole Art of Surgery explain'd in a most familiar Method. by Charles Gabriel Le Clerc
Now his Toes, which had been black, grew red; the violet Spots in his Legs disappeared; the Swelling abated; the Pains became moderate, and intermitted.
From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David) Tissot
