interjection

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The libretto is mostly in vernacular English, except for choral interjections of the Buddhist “Diamond Sutra,” sung in Chinese.

From Los Angeles Times

But its structure — in which soft expanses of consoling strings are the ground for interjections of somber trumpet and bursts of talkative flute — suggests the flutes are a single many-headed unit.

From New York Times

After the interjection, the silence continued after a short delay.

From BBC

Shostakovich’s punchlines and interjections seemed more barbed and sarcastic in Trifonov’s hands, and he attacked the cadenzas of the rollicking finale with stormy alternations of fleet-fingered ease and furious typing.

From Washington Post

The film combines pristine digital animation with live-action images and 2D drawings — interjections from Katie, who serves as both our narrator and director, imaginatively revising and annotating the story as she tells it.

From New York Times