intermitted
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He desired to drink, but could not swallow, his pulse intermitted, his tongue swelled, his throat was excoriated, his breath difficult and interrupted.
From Beggars on Horseback by F. Tennyson (Fryniwyd Tennyson) Jesse
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
There, however, not only the intercourse with the idols, but the connection with Jehovah also, appears to be intermitted.
From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1 by Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg
The habits of study are not easily retained during the long stretches of watch-keeping intermitted with hilarious trips ashore.
From An Ocean Tramp by William McFee
She wrote to her Commissioners to resume the duties which they had intermitted, and to renew the conference once more.
From Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume II (of 2) by Henry Glassford Bell
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