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
Makar, however, wouldn’t be denied later in the period, sending a blistering wrister from the center of the right circle just over Hellebuyck’s arm 84 seconds before the intermission.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 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
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
Then, toward the end of intermission, the answer stepped into the box behind them.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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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