intermitted

past tense of intermit

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for intermitted
Verb
  • Chatter echoes through the ballpark, only to be interrupted by the smack of an aluminum bat, cheers and a foghorn sound effect after a player hits a home run.
    James Burky, Denver Post, 29 May 2026
  • It was made that much worse when several cast members laughed at her insincerity and Maddi Reese interrupted it several times because there was a stray cat nearby that terrified her.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 29 May 2026
Verb
  • As part of the restructuring, the school will go from four colleges to two, has discontinued over a dozen academic programs, and paused most doctoral admissions.
    Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 4 June 2026
  • Doja Cat is most likely referring to voice notes, or the audio post feature, which seemed to be discontinued on X sometime in early 2025, according to user posts complaining that the feature had been removed.
    Jack Dunn, Variety, 4 June 2026
Verb
  • Attackers also burned down one of the patient-isolation tents hastily erected on the hospital grounds, before soldiers dispersed them by firing warning shots.
    Emmet Livingstone, NPR, 28 May 2026
  • The officers, aided by officers from South Chicago Heights and other neighboring jurisdictions, Cook County and Will County sheriff’s deputies and K-9 units, dispersed the teens, who were blocking the 3300 block of Chicago Road and moving into a parking lot on the street’s east side, police said.
    Dennis Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026
Verb
  • Iran has also suspended flights at the Imam Khomeini International Airport until further notice, state media reported.
    Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 8 June 2026
  • Multiple Israeli media outlets subsequently reported that the country's military had suspended attacks on Iran, but that operations against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon would continue.
    Khaled Wassef, CBS News, 8 June 2026
Verb
  • Courtesy of Rizzotti Advisors The Egadi Islands, off the western coast of Sicily, feel almost untouched, as if the Mediterranean broke off a few fragments and left them in place.
    Spencer Elliott, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026
  • The movie is clearly aimed at a certain audience who watched Saturday morning cartoons back in the day and, if their He-Man figure’s arm broke off, would use Faker as their resident Eternian hero.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 2 June 2026
Verb
  • In 2012, the commission was incorporated into the Tourism Authority and disbanded during severe budget cuts.
    U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2026
  • Many of the top leaders are gone, and the office’s advisory committee has also been disbanded.
    O. Rose Broderick, STAT, 5 June 2026
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“Intermitted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intermitted. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.

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