interrupted
Example Sentences
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She was interrupted, though, when a neighbor reached out to tell her that her home of 42 years had burst into flames.
Humanitarian flights, interrupted at the height of the crisis due to lack of fuel, have resumed about three times a week "to the northern and central regions", an NGO source told AFP.
From Barron's
“Spring” is a densely packed wall, interrupted by two doorways, which causes Ms. Yukhnovich’s floral interventions to cluster particularly close together, suggesting the sudden bursting forth of life following the hoary months.
When militia attacks interrupted shipping routes in the Red Sea, few people expected the effects to reach the skies above the South Atlantic.
From Science Daily
The Sudanese Armed Forces remain committed to a transition to civilian rule, a process interrupted by war but not abandoned.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
