intermit
Example Sentences
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With the cold war's intermit tent crises no longer seeming so momentous, one eye of U.S. foreign policy has shifted to the long view.
From Time Magazine Archive
The solemn child, who proved, at closer view, to have an unusual beauty of pink cheeks, blue eyes, and reddish hair, did not intermit his serious gaze at his fingers.
From Old Crow by Brown, Alice
Only in the early morning, and for an hour, or an hour and a half after lunch, did Claude intermit his labors.
From The Way of Ambition by Soper, J. H. Gardner
I set, as it were, the small tick of my own poor watch by it—which private register would thump or intermit in agreement with these indications.
From Notes of a Son and Brother by James, Henry
I am obliged to acknowledge my belief that Mrs. Loraine's messenger was exceedingly unreasonable, for he did not intermit his hammering long enough to ascertain whether any one was coming to the door or not.
From Seek and Find or The Adventures of a Smart Boy by Optic, Oliver
