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
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 Francis E. Anstie
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
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
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
