interruption
Example Sentences
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My mouth was still wide open, but now it was hanging there out of surprise and a little dismay, because I hadn’t figured on an interruption.
From Literature
Gas-supply interruptions risk offsetting a big advantage that American manufacturers have had over global competitors ever since shale drillers flooded the market with cheap fuel.
Through a strange quirk, the interruption caused by Vonn’s crash may have aided her teammate.
The latest shutdown will prove far less disruptive, because unlike the six-week closure that began in October, the partial shutdown this week was too brief to cause serious interruptions to the government’s data-collection efforts.
Although he had notes, he did not look down at them, speaking for about half an hour without interruption.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
