intermittence

Example Sentences

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Mr. Wheaton, one of the present "City Fathers," a position he had occupied with brief intermittences for many years, had hard china-blue eyes and a straight mouth, in a large square smoothly-shaven face.

From Ancestors A Novel by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn

"But," said Valeria, "I thought you won on the intermittences."

From The Devourers by Chartres, Annie Vivanti

I do," said Aldo, frowning, "if they are intermittences.

From The Devourers by Chartres, Annie Vivanti

You never saw such tables—all running to intermittences.

From The Guests Of Hercules by Bracker, M. Leone

With some variations in intensity, and with intermittences, sometimes, of two or three days, this curious virtue held good for about a month, then disappeared as unexpectedly as it had appeared.

From Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants by Flammarion, Camille