intermitted

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During the days of kwedi the men go in the mornings to fish; while they are away at the work, the weeping is intermitted lest in some way it spoil the fishing.

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

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

Judging from the event, we may conclude that the morbid humours had begun to leave his nerves, and to concentrate for a fit—so long intermitted and so much needed—of his hereditary gout.

From Chapters in the History of the Insane in the British Isles by Tuke, Daniel Hack

It consequently, though somewhat invigorated at first, intermitted more and more toward the close, working, when it did work, awkwardly and with friction, until the physical collapse came, and the end was reached.

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

The men, under the lead of the chaplain, built a large and commodious house of logs, in which religious services—never intermitted, when possible to be held—and literary exercises were held.

From Historical sketch of the Fifteenth Regiment, New Jersey Volunteers First Brigade, First Division, Sixth Corps by Anonymous