intermit

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With the cold war's intermit tent crises no longer seeming so momentous, one eye of U.S. foreign policy has shifted to the long view.

From Time Magazine Archive

I am obliged to acknowledge my belief that Mrs. Loraine's messenger was exceedingly unreasonable, for he did not intermit his hammering long enough to ascertain whether any one was coming to the door or not.

From Seek and Find or The Adventures of a Smart Boy by Optic, Oliver

Not for a moment did Lallemant and Villetard, the two French agents, intermit their revolutionary agitation in the town.

From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. I. (of IV.) by Sloane, William Milligan

The worthy bishop, who was certainly at any time more at home in the cabinet than in the church, did not intermit his toil or yield to discouragement.

From History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 by Baird, Henry Martyn

I haue begd to maintaine me the better part of the waye, onely because I would intermit no time from my pursute in going backe for monie.

From The Vnfortunate Traveller, or The Life Of Jack Wilton With An Essay On The Life And Writings Of Thomas Nash By Edmund Gosse by Gosse, Edmund