intermit
Example Sentences
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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
He could intermit the action of a Parliament for a time, sending the members to their homes until he should summon them again.
From Charles I Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob
The solemn child, who proved, at closer view, to have an unusual beauty of pink cheeks, blue eyes, and reddish hair, did not intermit his serious gaze at his fingers.
From Old Crow by Brown, Alice
Napoleon continued, however, the frequency of his correspondence, and, notwithstanding the jealousy of Maria Louisa, did not at all intermit his visits.
From Josephine Makers of History by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)
General Scott, nevertheless, though equally anxious to terminate the conflict, did not for a moment intermit his military vigilance.
