How to Use interrupt in a Sentence

interrupt

1 of 2 verb

• It's not polite to interrupt.
• His dinner was interrupted by a phone call.
• We interrupt this program to bring you a special announcement.
• Every summer periods of cool weather occasionally interrupt the intense heat.
• Do your best not to interrupt him.
  — Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2025
• Lo gently interrupts to throw out an idea for the bar.
  — David John Chávez, Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2026
• She was interrupted by a knock on the door.
  — Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
• You can still be tracked, but aliases interrupt that chain.
  — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 28 Aug. 2025
• There are no hearts to lose, no streaks weaponized against you, and no ads interrupting your flow.
  — Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 3 June 2026
• But there are a number of hiccups that could interrupt your plans.
  — Liz Knueven, CNBC, 16 Apr. 2026
• Here, we would not be interrupted.
  — Rachel Pearson, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
• Don’t interrupt him, no matter what.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 17 Feb. 2026
• The two-hour episode will be interrupted halfway through.
  — Isa Almeida, Oklahoman, 1 Apr. 2026
• At stroke onset, a clot or ruptured blood vessel interrupts blood flow to the brain.
  — Bree Iskandar, STAT, 15 Aug. 2023
• Pan interrupted to say that that was more easily said than done.
  — Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2024
• The attack was interrupted by two hikers who heard her cries for help.
  — Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
• The attack was interrupted by two hikers who heard her cries for help.
  — ABC News, 8 Apr. 2026
• If someone is on a phone call while the test is taking place, their call will not be interrupted.
  — Solcyre Burga, TIME, 4 Oct. 2023
• Nothing can interrupt an outdoor party quite like a swarm of gnats.
  — Emily Hayes, Martha Stewart, 12 June 2026
• What shows will be interrupted by the address?
  — Isa Almeida, Oklahoman, 1 Apr. 2026
• But often, that instinct is the very thing that needs to be interrupted.
  — Naz Beheshti, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
• Something as simple as a short walk can help interrupt that cycle.
  — Lesly Gregory, AJC.com, 23 Apr. 2026
• Because the foil could interrupt the air flow, impacting how your food cooks.
  — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 7 Jan. 2026
• Because the foil could interrupt the air flow, impacting how your food cooks.
  — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 21 Sep. 2025
• Coogan interrupts, unable to resist a punch line.
  — Julia Black, Vanity Fair, 8 Jan. 2026
• Tidy dirt lots interrupt rows of palatial—if a little smoke-scarred—houses.
  — Ashley Baker, Air Mail, 20 Sep. 2025
• This is not the first time that Bayefsky was interrupted.
  — Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 27 Feb. 2026
• Be Present Don’t interrupt them by trying to sell.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
• Her hands raised in excitement, interrupting the brown shades in her eyes.
  — Ugonnaora Owoh, Essence, 15 Sep. 2023
• The goal isn’t to stop thinking but to interrupt its momentum.
  — Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026

interrupt

2 of 2 noun

• Hearing their own name is a pattern interrupt that gets their attention.
  — Forbes, 5 July 2021
• Taking a beat interrupts that reflex.
  — Glenn Kurlander, Fortune, 28 Jan. 2026
• But first, another actor who knows a thing or two about being in the business for years, interrupts.
  — Emily Longeretta, Variety, 8 June 2023
• But Art interrupts by pouring bleach all over her, getting a pile of salt, and smacking it into her open wounds.
  — Barry Levitt, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2024
• Before Cole interrupts, is Aemond about to go over and make sure his brother is dead with his sword?
  — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 8 July 2024
• Bon interrupts, only to be struck down by guards and imprisoned as punishment.
  — Terry Nguyen, Vulture, 26 May 2024
• Include the hook, all pattern interrupts, transitions, and the call to action.
  — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026
• If a sibling or co-worker interrupts, gently guide the chat back to the point, and pause to ask a curious question that builds trust.
  — Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 June 2026
• If insomnia delays or interrupts sleep for a few hours, and the alarm clock goes off after a short sleep, waking up can be very difficult.
  — Daniel Combs, Verywell Health, 3 Oct. 2024
• In meetings, your higher self asks clarifying questions and builds on ideas; your lower self interrupts, defends, and needs to be right.
  — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025
• Crack the fabric of your reality with a few interrupts to your regular thinking patterns.
  — Jodie Cook, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
• Whether Sousa’s injury interrupts that plan is a legitimate question.
  — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2026
• Ellie, however, cannot abide Joel’s deception, and interrupts to tell the truth to Gail, who then slaps Joel and tells him to leave.
  — Adam B. Vary, Variety, 19 May 2025
• The starter interrupt may allow the vehicle to start when the transmission is not in PARK.
  — Detroit Free Press, 7 May 2021
• Every moment of noticing interrupts the automatic stream of thinking and reconnects you with the present moment.
  — Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
• Changing the number loaded into the timer alters the interval between interrupts.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 30 Jan. 2024
• Sheila, Wilson's campaign manager, interrupts breakfast with news of the two homicides at the Red Hook port.
  — Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
• Create pattern interrupts to unlock productivity Looking at the same four walls is killing your business gains.
  — Jodie Cook, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
• The 'pattern interrupt' post Pattern interrupts make people notice you.
  — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
• Prospects often avoid traditional cold calls, so sales professionals should adopt asynchronous video as a pattern interrupt.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2021
• The shift to noticing interrupts automatic thinking.
  — Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
• When Musk is asked by a reporter if any Cabinet members are unhappy about the email ultimatum, Trump interrupts.
  — Jack Moore, ABC News, 5 June 2025
• Congestion makes feeding harder, interrupts sleep, and leaves everyone exhausted.
  — Kaitlyn Gomez, USA Today, 8 July 2025
• Contessa, however, interrupts to hold the group accountable, challenging them to stop glossing over Heavenly’s words.
  — Shelby Stewart, Essence, 6 Jan. 2025
• But Sandra, 19, interrupts, claiming to be Caio’s reincarnation.
  — Marta Balaga, Variety, 17 Jan. 2025
• Embiid’s unfortunate injury interrupts what has been another terrific campaign for the 29-year-old center.
  — Sam Joseph, CNN, 5 Feb. 2024
• Faced with out-of-bounds readings for the radar’s hardware, each CDU began to issue radar increment and decrement interrupts to the guidance computer—lots of interrupts.
  — Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica, 5 July 2019
• But Veronica, 19, interrupts, claiming to be Caio’s reincarnation.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Jan. 2025
• The Tennessee constitution states that a county officer can be removed from office for malfeasance or neglect of duty for any wrongful conduct that affects, interrupts or interferes with the performance of official duty via an ouster.
  — Craig Shoup, The Tennessean, 24 May 2024