- interrupt
- 01. The class was [interrupted] by the sound of a fire alarm.02. Please don't [interrupt] while your mother and I are talking.03. We [interrupt] this program to bring you a special emergency bulletin.04. Brandy tried to speak to her boss about a raise, but she kept getting [interrupted] by phone calls the boss had to take.05. The soccer game was temporarily [interrupted] by a sudden, short downpour of rain.06. Could you guys please keep quiet for a while? I'd like to be able to do my work without [interruption] so that I can finish it for tomorrow.07. Jennifer's law career was [interrupted] for a few years due to her becoming a mother.08. Race car driver Mario Andretti once said, "Circumstances may cause [interruptions] and delays, but never lose sight of your goal."09. Maurice Chevalier once said that an artist carries on throughout his life a mysterious, [uninterrupted] conversation with his public.10. There is a Chinese proverb which states that the man who says it cannot be done should not [interrupt] a man who is doing it.11. Rod Serling once observed that it is difficult to produce a quality television documentary when every twelve minutes one is [interrupted] by twelve dancing rabbits singing about toilet paper.12. In some countries, [interrupting] a person who is speaking is not considered rude.13. Someone once joked that some people never let ideas [interrupt] the easy flow of their conversation.14. Zig Ziglar once suggested that those who say it can't be done are usually [interrupted] by others doing it.15. Someone once joked, "Do you know what happens to little boys who continually [interrupt]? They grow up and make a fortune doing TV commercials."16. The Japanese throne has been occupied by a member of the same family [uninterruptedly] since the sixth century.17. Democratic rule in Fiji was [interrupted] by two military coups in 1987.18. Someone once remarked that one of the best things about reading is that the exciting part will never be [interrupted] by a commercial.19. If the breathing process is [interrupted], humans generally suffer irreversible brain damage after about three or four minutes without air.
Grammatical examples in English. 2013.