Thesaurus / interregnum
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
Nearly every state is currently reporting mortality figures resembling the interregnum last summer or last October, between peaks that began in June and again in the fall.
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The researchers noticed that one colony’s chirps began to vary in the interregnum after their queen died, only to fall in line with a new monarch’s dialect when she took the throne.
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The establishment of a British Consulate there, after a long interregnum, was either the cause or excuse for an outbreak.
THE CRADLE OF MANKINDW.A. WIGRAM
Thus the Civil War and the Interregnum (1642-60) may be regarded as marking a watershed in the financial history of the country.
I do pity you, with the drunken Christmas workmen keeping you in this uncomfortable interregnum.
GEORGE ELIOT'S LIFE, VOL. I (OF 3)GEORGE ELIOT
Moreover, the severest prohibitions were naturally mitigated during an interregnum.
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Thus did the hours creep on until darkness with its interregnum of peace had fallen on the city.
THE SIEGE OF KIMBERLEYT. PHELAN
But the interregnum was of brief duration, for, to our unspeakable horror, the bombardment was resumed at nine o'clock.
THE SIEGE OF KIMBERLEYT. PHELAN
After a considerable interregnum he was succeeded by Marcellus, with whom he has sometimes been confounded.
To-day this same Mr. Lamar, after an obscure interregnum, was with Mrs. Lamar looking over Washington for an apartment.
MARSE HENRY (VOL. 2)HENRY WATTERSON
WORDS RELATED TO INTERREGNUM
- abeyance
- break
- break-off
- breathing space
- breathing spell
- caesura
- cessation
- coffee break
- comma
- cutoff
- deadlock
- discontinuance
- downtime
- freeze
- gap
- gridlock
- halt
- happy hour
- hesitancy
- hesitation
- hiatus
- hitch
- hush
- interim
- interlude
- intermission
- interregnum
- interruption
- interval
- lacuna
- lapse
- layoff
- letup
- lull
- pausation
- recess
- respite
- rest
- rest period
- stand
- standstill
- stay
- stillness
- stopover
- stoppage
- suspension
- time out
- acquittal
- adjournment
- break
- breath
- breather
- breathing space
- cessation
- coffee break
- deadlock
- deferment
- delay
- deliverance
- discharge
- downtime
- ease
- exculpation
- five
- forgiveness
- halt
- hiatus
- immunity
- intermission
- interregnum
- interruption
- interval
- layoff
- leisure
- letup
- lull
- moratorium
- pardon
- postponement
- protraction
- recess
- relaxation
- release
- relief
- reprieve
- rest
- stay
- stop
- ten
- time
- time out
- truce
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