How to Use interrupted in a Sentence

interrupted

adjective
  • If the peel break, then there is calamity ahead, and an interrupted love.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Oct. 2022
  • Weak or interrupted flow of urine.
    Jenna Anderson, Health, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Three nights of interrupted sleep led to failure in his work output.
    Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
  • In others it is interrupted before it is heard.
    Vogue, 1 June 2026
  • Langdon said bus and train service was not interrupted.
    Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025
  • All three saw their seasons either interrupted or cut short by injuries.
    John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Jan. 2026
  • The power was only off for about three minutes, and service was not interrupted.
    Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Their steadfast romance speaks not of life interrupted but rather adapted and embraced.
    Carol Guzy, NPR, 22 Feb. 2026
  • The few people who protest against the war on radio and television are interrupted and censored.
    Uriel Kon september 2, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Howard’s version of paradise interrupted does suffer from random mood changes and is indeed the very essence over the top.
    Randy Myers, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Resenting him every night for your interrupted sleep is one step closer to divorce.
    Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2023
  • As a result, brain circuit formation is interrupted and core features of autism emerge.
    Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Dec. 2025
  • The performance was temporarily interrupted due to rain, but the dancers didn't let a little rain stop them from putting on a show.
    Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 1 June 2026
  • With each detail, the documentary points to their interrupted lives.
    Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
  • At the same time, Tyler Glasnow was having the best start of his injury-interrupted season.
    Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Be sure to use a ground-fault interrupted circuit to prevent accidental electric shorts.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Over 36% of the interrupted trials have since been completed.
    Kerry Breen, CBS News, 18 Nov. 2025
  • In such an environment, children are able to concentrate and work on skills in an interrupted fashion.
    Renata Cló, The Arizona Republic, 14 Sep. 2022
  • Noah Wyle gets interrupted during our interview when someone from his team walks in with a prosthetic leg.
    Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 2 June 2026
  • Their segment was quickly interrupted when someone in the audience off-screen shouted the N-word.
    Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Venezuelans abroad struggled to make contact with relatives due to interrupted phone service in the country.
    CBS News, 26 June 2026
  • At times, the school board turned off the microphone or interrupted speakers speaking in support of Alzubi.
    Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 June 2026
  • The series depicts the anguish of an interrupted boyhood and the awakening of a child’s conscience as their safest spaces erode.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 8 July 2026
  • In the dining hall, the novices finished their interrupted breakfast cleanup, then headed out to the truck patches for another day of pulling radishes and weeds.
    Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025
  • But every time a moment of inspiration arises, she is interrupted – the children, the laundry, the meals.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 19 June 2026
  • But every time a moment of inspiration arises, she is interrupted – the children, the laundry, the meals.
    Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 15 June 2026
  • He was routinely scheduled for five 10-hour days with hour-long lunch breaks that were either interrupted or skipped altogether.
    Alexander Coolidge, Cincinnati Enquirer, 15 Dec. 2025
  • Some wireless cameras can store video locally and upload once an interrupted connection is restored.
    Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 6 Mar. 2026
  • For the uninitiated, the style is comprised of an un-interrupted string of gemstones or diamonds, encircling the neck.
    Roxanne Adamiyatt, Town & Country, 5 Aug. 2022
  • The battery life lasts up to 10 days, eliminating any worries of interrupted tracking.
    George Yang, PC Magazine, 23 June 2026

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