intermitted

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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 Kennedy, John Pendleton

The rain, which had never intermitted, fell with dismal hopelessness.

From Checkers A Hard-luck Story by Blossom, Henry M.

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

From The Indian Drum by Balmer, Edwin

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 Anstie, Francis E.

Indeed, the lava was now almost ceasing to flow, and the bombardment of pumice-stone and fiery cinders had intermitted a little.

From The White Man's Foot by Allen, Grant