intermitted

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The habits of study are not easily retained during the long stretches of watch-keeping intermitted with hilarious trips ashore.

From An Ocean Tramp by McFee, William

The frog chirped again from the trees, and the far-off owl hooted in the wood, resuming his melancholy song, that had been so briefly intermitted.

From Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency by Kennedy, John Pendleton

There, however, not only the intercourse with the idols, but the connection with Jehovah also, appears to be intermitted.

From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1 by Hengstenberg, Ernst Wilhelm

Before morning broke, however, it was clear that the march must be intermitted.

From Barclay of the Guides by Strang, Herbert

The last three or four years since Mr. Harmer's declared intentions relative to Sophy and yourselves, they have very much intermitted their visits, and only returned on the news of their brother's first paralytic seizure.

From A Search For A Secret (Vol 2 of 3) A Novel by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)