Thesaurus / intermission
FEEDBACKHow to use intermission in a sentence
Allow me a brief intermission here to complain about how frustrating that is.
THE LIE THAT LINGERS: 3 IN 10 AMERICANS FALSELY BELIEVE THE ELECTION WAS RIDDLED WITH FRAUDPHILIP BUMPJANUARY 19, 2021WASHINGTON POSTWithout a single driving action, live audience, or intermission, he doesn’t think of “I Hate It Here” as a play.
STUDIO’S NEW AUDIO PLAY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH HOLIDAYSPATRICK FOLLIARDDECEMBER 11, 2020WASHINGTON BLADEFive minutes after intermission, Aaronson scored his first international goal in his second appearance.
USMNT’S ROUT OF EL SALVADOR SHOWS IT HAS DEPTH AND GOALS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ATLANTICSTEVEN GOFFDECEMBER 10, 2020WASHINGTON POSTTWC’s concert is one hour with no intermission and features members of The Washington Chorus with soloists, guest “Side by Side” high school chorus from Duke Ellington School of the Arts, bells, and more.
HOLIDAY MUSICAL PRODUCTIONS GO VIRTUALPATRICK FOLLIARDNOVEMBER 25, 2020WASHINGTON BLADEOutreach efforts such as the pop-up truck are crucial to maintaining a place for the arts in our much-abused public consciousness through this extended intermission.
WNO POP-UP OPERA TRUCK DELIVERS MUSIC TO THE PUBLIC, BUT IT’S NOT A PERFECT FITMICHAEL ANDOR BRODEUROCTOBER 28, 2020WASHINGTON POSTA long, portable cage had been put together on the stage during the intermission, and within it the ten pacing beasts.
THE REAL LATIN QUARTERF. BERKELEY SMITHThe bromides were then ordered, and taken without intermission for periods which will subsequently be detailed.
A STATISTICAL INQUIRY INTO THE NATURE AND TREATMENT OF EPILEPSYALEXANDER HUGHES BENNETTThe burglar entered the room without noise, and the heavy breathing of the sleeper continued without intermission.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME II (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSIt might be expected to continue without intermission for two or three weeks, and would make a quick end of the sledding.
GOLD-SEEKING ON THE DALTON TRAILARTHUR R. THOMPSONBefore the exercises of the forenoon were concluded, she was summoned to see a visitor, and did not reappear before intermission.
ALONEMARION HARLANDWORDS RELATED TO INTERMISSION
- break
- breather
- breathing space
- calm
- calmness
- cessation
- coffee break
- comfort
- composure
- cutoff
- downtime
- doze
- dreaminess
- ease
- forty winks
- halt
- holiday
- hush
- idleness
- interlude
- intermission
- interval
- leisure
- letup
- lull
- motionlessness
- nap
- pause
- peace
- quiescence
- quiet
- quietude
- recess
- recreation
- refreshment
- relaxation
- relief
- repose
- respite
- siesta
- silence
- sleep
- slumber
- somnolence
- standstill
- stay
- stillness
- stop
- time off
- tranquillity
- vacation
- abeyance
- abeyancy
- adjournment
- break
- breather
- breathing spell
- cessation
- coffee break
- concluding
- conclusion
- cutoff
- deferment
- disbarment
- discontinuation
- discontinuing
- doldrums
- dormancy
- downtime
- end
- ending
- finish
- five
- freeze
- halt
- heave-ho
- intermission
- interruption
- latency
- layoff
- letup
- moratorium
- pause
- period
- postponement
- quiescence
- quiescency
- remission
- respite
- stay
- stoppage
- suspense
- ten
- termination
- time-out
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