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Meanings of interrupted in English
Synonyms
Examples for "fitful"
Examples for "fitful"
1
The wind had abated its violence; coming now in fitful, virulent puffs.
2
The wind soughed through the pines and cedars in a fitful manner.
3
The girl moaned in her fitful sleep and Miss Smith soothed her.
4
Some fitful sleep came to her at last in the morning hours.
5
They had a few fitful naps throughout the remainder of the night.
1
On Tuesday they recover family pictures and mementos, all soaked by off-and-on rain.
2
I worked off-and-on for Calvin Carriker all the years we lived at Royston.
3
I wasn't prepared to hear that my off-and-on girlfriend was pregnant.
Usage of interrupted in English
1
He immediately said: 'I'm really sorry I interrupted such an important process.
2
Leveson then interrupted to say: Let me just interpose a question here.
3
Any potential answer was interrupted when Strike became aware of their approach.
4
You interrupted a perfectly good pipe, I'll have you know, young lady.
5
The open state was always interrupted by flickering to the closed state.
6
Loud voices in the antechamber interrupted her; she listened in breathless expectation.
7
However, the wheels of justice were interrupted by Justice Minister Ronald Lamola.
8
Finally, Jarrett interrupted and said, Let's try this from a different perspective.
9
The doctor had barely articulated his question when Levy at Weapons interrupted.
10
He interrupted occasionally to ask a question, or to slow me down.
11
Friday night and Saturday morning work shifts were not interrupted, she added.
12
He was interrupted with the plaudits of the auditory; and again continued:-
13
For a moment he was too surprised at being interrupted to answer.
14
After being told the allegations, Pell interrupted with a number of questions.
15
The good lady interrupted the speech which I had prepared in advance:
16
His frequent sickness has caused the trial to be interrupted several times.
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Interrupted through the time
Interrupted across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Canada
Common
United States of America
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