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
Dent had 19 points at intermission and outscored USC by himself in the last nine minutes of the half, 7-6.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026
The compact nature of the production, performed without intermission in just over 90 minutes, awkwardly exposes the melodrama that Ibsen took great pains to undercut.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026
Audience members are naturally Bacharach fans, and the show, which runs about two hours with an intermission, doles out the great hits lavishly, beginning with all three singers performing “Always Something There to Remind Me.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026
When the curtain closed for intermission, the place went up again.
From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick
Vocabulary lists containing intermission
Reading: Literature - Drama - Introductory
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Reading: Literature - Drama - Middle School
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Blasted to Smithereens: Synonyms for "Break"
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