Interrupting Sentence Examples

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  • The doorbell rang, interrupting her thoughts.

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  • Oh, you clever people, said a third manly voice interrupting them both.

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  • Dean said, interrupting him.

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  • Of this kind of retribution Scott in The Abbot gives a vivid picture, the Protestants interrupting the mass celebrated by the trembling remnant of the monks in the ruined abbey church, and insisting on substituting the traditional Feast of Fools.

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  • Tuwek in any case forms an important geographical feature in eastern Nejd, interrupting by a transverse barrier 200 m.

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  • The reforms which it was to bring about were eagerly and impatiently demanded by the public. This great operation had to be effected without interrupting the public service, and the department had immediately to reduce and to simplify the charges for transmission throughout the kingdom.

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  • Interrupting his studies, he withdrew to Broglio, and by careful management disencumbered the family possessions.

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  • The doorways which are seen interrupting the lines of graves are those of the family sepulchral chambers, or cubicula, of which we shall speak more particularly hereafter.

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  • He poured a cup of cold coffee from the pot and picked up Mrs. Lincoln in one arm, interrupting her licking the remains of a bowl of chocolate pudding.

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  • The original material was a fine clay, sometimes with more or less of sand or ashy ingredients, occasionally with some lime; and the bedding may be indicated by alternating bands of different lithological character, crossing the cleavage faces of the slates, and often interrupting the cleavage, or rendering it imperfect.

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  • It did not finish the job and, according to the FFH, gave no plausible pretext to justify interrupting the work.

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  • In the latter city his courage in rebuking the wife of Bentivoglio, the reigning lord, for interrupting divine service by her noisy entrance nearly cost him his life.

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  • Pierre disturbed the symmetry by moving a chair for himself, and Berg and Vera immediately began their evening party, interrupting each other in their efforts to entertain their guest.

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  • Jacob antagonizes his sister by interrupting her while she's on the phone.

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  • Add blackout liner on draperies to prevent light from interrupting your sleep.

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  • If you're looking for a way to take anger management courses without interrupting your work day or weekend responsibilities, this could be what you need!

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  • A coupon that says "I will listen without interrupting," might do just the trick.

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  • After graduating high school he joined his father on the stage and in film, interrupting his career for a short time to enlist in the Marine Corps and fight in WWII.

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  • If you (or more likely your spouse) suspects that the snoring is severe or it is interrupting your sleep, you should head to a doctor.

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  • Environmental factors can cause this by interrupting or preventing sleep.

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  • After interrupting and disbanding a drug deal between two huge gangs, you are kicked out of the family…without a pardon.

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  • By adding a few buttons to the headset, consumers can take calls without interrupting their other activities.

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  • The result may be a narrowing (stenosis) or blockage of blood vessels, interrupting the essential flow of blood and oxygen to the heart, brain, abdominal organs, and peripheral circulation to the arms and legs.

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  • Early detection and appropriate intervention, particularly during the preschool years and middleschool years, is the best means of interrupting the developmental trajectory of antisocial behavior patterns.

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  • Another tandem toaster, this Breville model features a unique "lift and look" feature that allows you to look at the progress without interrupting the cycle.

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  • Listen to Christmas music online at home or work without interrupting others by hooking ear buds or headphones into the speaker system.

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  • He shouldn't be interrupting her speech.

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  • And they were off, interrupting one another, echoing and talking over one another in a hilarious tribute to Altmanesque dialog.

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  • These can affect call quality, distorting, garbling or interrupting calls.

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  • Let friends and family know your class schedule, so they can avoid interrupting you during those times.

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  • Hosts must have enough time for the invitations to be received, considered, and responded to without drastically interrupting the party planning.

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  • I tried to ask you more than once, but someone was always interrupting and throwing a new kink in my plans.

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  • The time and chat, spent interspersed with interrupting chores, was long overdue.

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  • Dean let her talk on, not interrupting her with questions for fear the tears would start.

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  • At the receiving end are a similar antenna and resonant circuit, and a telephone is connected across one part of the latter through an automatic interrupting device called by Poulsen a " ticker."

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  • Owing to his unrivalled knowledge of the country, he succeeded in interrupting the enemy's communications between Rome and Naples.

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  • A still greater improvement may be effected by using an electrically maintained fork, which performs the double office of controlling the resolution of the jet and of interrupting the primary current of the induction coil.

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  • The alley light shone through the partially open door, interrupting the darkness just enough to illuminate the frightened look on her face.

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  • They find waiting to answer questions difficult - often blurting out answers or interrupting people.

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  • Endnotes should be used only where necessary to avoid interrupting the continuity of the text.

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  • The jungle explodes into a fiery deathtrap with roars from automatic weapons interrupting the incoherent shouts from your men.

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  • Interrupting one another, they all gave, and transmitted, orders as to how to proceed, reprimanding and reproaching him.

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  • Pierre listened with swelling heart, gazing into the Mason's face with shining eyes, not interrupting or questioning him, but believing with his whole soul what the stranger said.

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