intermitted
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His days of "literary loafing" allowed him to enjoy the pleasures of friendship which during his periods of work were necessarily, to some extent, intermitted.
From William Hickling Prescott by Harry Thurston Peck
He desired to drink, but could not swallow, his pulse intermitted, his tongue swelled, his throat was excoriated, his breath difficult and interrupted.
From Beggars on Horseback by F. Tennyson (Fryniwyd Tennyson) Jesse
She wrote to her Commissioners to resume the duties which they had intermitted, and to renew the conference once more.
From Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume II (of 2) by Henry Glassford Bell
The clapping of his hands was intermitted by a violent clapping of the chest on which he sat, first on the top, then on the sides and end.
From North-Pole Voyages by Zachariah Atwell Mudge
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
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