- present participle of interrupt.
interrupting
Example Sentences
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Its government created the fiscal space necessary to cope with disaster, mobilize financing, and rebuild, without missing a beat on its debt service or interrupting the remarkable compression in its cost of borrowing.
From Barron's • Jun. 23, 2026
Multiple times throughout the session, one caregiver unwittingly demonstrated this dynamic when his wife kept interrupting the conversation off-screen to say she was going to church even though it was a Saturday afternoon.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 23, 2026
Selling-price expectations eased across all business sectors, interrupting the steep upward trend seen in the last two months.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
When Tarun's grandmother died he traveled to India, interrupting the 18-year-old's studies.
From BBC • May 28, 2026
Hana likes me to leave her alone mostly, and interrupting her nighttime routine makes my hands itch, but I have to ignore them.
From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée
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