intermitted

The heart-sounds were so weak that the presence or absence of bruit could not be safely predicated; meantime, the pulsations intermitted in a most alarming manner.

From Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it by Francis E. Anstie

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

Before morning broke, however, it was clear that the march must be intermitted.

From Barclay of the Guides by Herbert Strang

One, two, three—the hearers counted the drum beats, time and again, in their intermitted booming, to twenty-four.

From The Indian Drum by Edwin Balmer

The song was occasionally intermitted to give room to certain self-communings which the pastime suggested.

From Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency by John Pendleton Kennedy