intermission

Example Sentences

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This slightly trimmed concert version ran three hours with one intermission.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

Juraj Slafkovsky put Montreal in front less than five minutes before the second intermission, lifting a wrist shot over Kuemper’s glove from the slot.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2026

Six minutes later Murphy made it 3-0 and the rout was on, with Coyne and Scamurra adding goals 109 seconds apart to extend the U.S. lead to 5-0 heading into the second intermission.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026

From August through November, we move from my mom’s to mine to my siblings’, with only a brief intermission before my dad’s rolls around in April.

From Salon • Feb. 3, 2026

They watch him disappear up the stairs and then return their attention to the front door and to the patrons returning late from intermission.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly