intermitted

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One, two, three—the hearers counted the drum beats, time and again, in their intermitted booming, to twenty-four.

From The Indian Drum by Balmer, Edwin

The heart-sounds were so weak that the presence or absence of bruit could not be safely predicated; meantime, the pulsations intermitted in a most alarming manner.

From Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it by Anstie, Francis E.

His days of "literary loafing" allowed him to enjoy the pleasures of friendship which during his periods of work were necessarily, to some extent, intermitted.

From William Hickling Prescott by Peck, Harry Thurston

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 Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)

The fierce equinoctial blasts which that year had lasted for more than a month, were followed by a fortnight of fitful, heavy rain, intermitted by sudden gales and stormy showers.

From The Pobratim A Slav Novel by Jones, P.