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The interval between possession and hell was short,” he says, “though I admit it was wonderful.

Five times during that span, the majority of species on the planet vanished in a short interval of time.

After her first audible prompt, which came shortly after the interval, the audience sat patiently.

Each health risk was presented honestly and intelligently with a confidential interval.

This “lucid interval” is found in nearly half of all cases of epidural hematoma (Bullock, Neurosurgery, 2006).

Drowned every few seconds by our tremendous salvoes, this more nervous noise crept back insistently into our ears in the interval.

The song stopped abruptly, the music died away, there was an interval of silence no one broke.

This short interval had more than sufficed for De Lucenay's mysterious operations.

Mr. Pontellier once more seated himself with elevated feet, and after a reasonable interval of time smoked some more cigars.

I have not done this before as I had not sufficient leisure to examine them, or do so in the interval allowed by the season.

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On this page you'll find 82 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to interval, such as: hiatus, intermission, interruption, layoff, lull, and spell.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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