interrupt

Example Sentences

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Since then, there has been a measurable increase in "artists voluntarily choosing to interrupt their own performances," according to the 2023 European Festival Report.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

“Gate agents and flight crews are doing their very best. They can’t control weather, flight delays, mechanicals, and other things that interrupt our travel.”

From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026

Many of them display puzzling fluctuations in brightness, brief increases in light that interrupt the expected smooth curve and hint that complex processes are unfolding within the expanding debris.

From Science Daily • Mar. 11, 2026

In the era of Ozempic and clean eating, the menu is kept simple; servers don’t have to interrupt diners’ conversations to offer a lengthy description.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026

Mrs. Clarke, I am sorry to interrupt your chess game, but could you summon Jasper and have him at the ready to run a letter to the post, posthaste?”

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood