intermitted

past tense of intermit

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for intermitted
Verb
  • Avoid arguments later in the day, especially if your home routine is interrupted.
    Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 26 June 2026
  • Advertisement But Kara's party-time is interrupted by the arrival of a tough teenage girl who’s out for vengeance.
    Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 26 June 2026
Verb
  • The Fairest of the Fair was a staple of the county fair from 1936 to when the contest was discontinued in 2004.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 June 2026
  • The task force was later discontinued without creating the database, due in part to liability concerns.
    ABC News, ABC News, 25 June 2026
Verb
  • After October 7th, thousands were rounded up, bused to Ramallah, and dispersed across West Bank cities.
    Nirit Peled, New Yorker, 26 June 2026
  • This only works when authorization, validation, business rules and state-transition controls are enforced at the service boundary, instead of being dispersed across user interfaces or deferred to downstream systems.
    Slavik Zorin, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
Verb
  • Weather briefly delayed the gate opening and thunderstorms suspended the match at halftime.
    Tom Dougherty, CBS News, 22 June 2026
  • Former Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova was suspended for four years Monday for refusing an anti-doping test.
    Andrew Dampf, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2026
Verb
  • Sure, one robot landed a backflip—but then a piece of it broke off and flew toward the crowd.
    Stephen Witt, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • That sparked a miles-long chase that broke off when the suspect reportedly started driving the wrong way on I-95, according to police.
    Dan Snyder, CBS News, 24 June 2026
Verb
  • After the Ballet Russe disbanded, Monson de Kansky toured with the Marquis de Cuevas ballet company for nine years.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
  • The same was true of John Ferreira, the incredibly hard-working FBI special agent who kept the investigation going years after the ELF had disbanded.
    Greg Hanlon, PEOPLE, 23 June 2026
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“Intermitted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intermitted. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.

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