intermitted

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His breath, which had kept pace with the quick beating of his heart, intermitted, hesitated, was lost!

From Gabriel Conroy by Harte, Bert

For a long time these walks had been intermitted, and he had almost forgotten the irritation of the past in this respect.

From A Country Gentleman and his Family by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)

For the same reason the wailing is again intermitted while the grave is being dug.

From Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions by Nassau, Robert Hamill

Indeed, the lava was now almost ceasing to flow, and the bombardment of pumice-stone and fiery cinders had intermitted a little.

From The White Man's Foot by Allen, Grant

The doctors say in their account that it was while they intermitted the holding of our feet.

From The Death-Blow to Spiritualism Being the True Story of the Fox Sisters by Davenport, Reuben Briggs