intermitted
Example Sentences
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It consequently, though somewhat invigorated at first, intermitted more and more toward the close, working, when it did work, awkwardly and with friction, until the physical collapse came, and the end was reached.
From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) by William Milligan Sloane
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 Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
The frog chirped again from the trees, and the far-off owl hooted in the wood, resuming his melancholy song, that had been so briefly intermitted.
From Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency by John Pendleton Kennedy
For the same reason the wailing is again intermitted while the grave is being dug.
From Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions by Robert Hamill Nassau
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
