interrupt

Example Sentences

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“All of a sudden a cellphone rang. It immediately interrupted the flow and changed the whole dynamic of the room,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Riggs was 55, having won the men's singles, doubles and mixed doubles title at Wimbledon in 1939 before his career was interrupted by World War Two.

From BBC

Even now, many patients face bureaucratic paperwork hurdles, such as prior authorization requirements, which interrupt care and separate patients from necessary prescriptions.

From Salon

Discovery, complains that Paramount “interrupted” Warner’s plans to break the company into two parts and suggests Netflix is a stronger bidder.

From Los Angeles Times

A major group of immunotherapy drugs called checkpoint inhibitors works by interrupting the interaction between two proteins, PD-1 and PD-L1.

From Science Daily