Hiatus is an English word with synonyms like suspension or opening. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Hiatus meaning
- A gap in a series, making it incomplete.
- An interruption, break, pause or absence.
- An temporary break from work, especially one which is unexpected.
Synonyms of Hiatus
Using Hiatus
- The main meaning on this page is: A gap in a series, making it incomplete. | An interruption, break, pause or absence. | An temporary break from work, especially one which is unexpected.
- Useful related words include: suspension, opening, foramen, piece.
- In the example corpus, hiatus often appears in combinations such as: on hiatus, hiatus from, three-year hiatus.
Context around Hiatus
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 16 start, 3 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Hiatus
- In this selection, "hiatus" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, year, long, pandemic, creator, director and tyler stand out and add context to how "hiatus" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a lengthy hiatus though avatar and a long hiatus instructors are. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "hiatus" sits close to words such as calvin, graph and joked, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with hiatus
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
After a lengthy hiatus though, Avatar Studios will be making a return in 2025. (14 words)
After a hiatus due to Covid, Welton Players return this week with their annual pantomime. (15 words)
After that, the show goes on a undetermined hiatus before returning for a second season. (15 words)
A former head chef of the well-known Elbow Lane Smokehouse & Brewery, Aishling opened Plunkett Street based Goldie six months before the Covid-19 pandemic started and has built up a strong reputation despite the hiatus of the pandemic. (39 words)
After a three-year hiatus, the Bordeaux’s Farmers Rastafari Agricultural and Cultural Vegan Food Fair is back for its 24th anniversary, with Llewellyn “Brother” Charles of Mother Nature Farms being dubbed this year’s Farmer of the Year. (39 words)
After a two-year pandemic hiatus, it returned on the road in 2022 and since then, it has been traveling to schools in underserved areas to provide students with access to quality science education. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
A former head chef of the well-known Elbow Lane Smokehouse & Brewery, Aishling opened Plunkett Street based Goldie six months before the Covid-19 pandemic started and has built up a strong reputation despite the hiatus of the pandemic.
After a four-year hiatus, creator Charlie Brooker has returned to with five new episodes of his dark anthology.
After a four-year hiatus, director Damien Chazelle made a triumphant return with a film exploring the transition from silent to sound cinema in the late 1920s.
After a four-year hiatus, Tyler, The Creator’s Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival, is returning to Dodger Stadium on Nov. 11-12 with an all-new lineup.
After a hiatus due to Covid, Welton Players return this week with their annual pantomime.
After a lengthy hiatus though, Avatar Studios will be making a return in 2025.
After a long hiatus, the show was renewed for a third season which premiered on DC Universe in 2019.
After a long pandemic led hiatus, the annual First Irish Theatre Festival is finally back on the board with live performances this month.
After a pandemic hiatus, one of the Asian community's biggest celebrations is returning to St. John's.
After a three year hiatus caused by the pandemic, the Rooftop Rodeo parade will return to Estes Park this summer.
After a three-year hiatus, Denise Richards reveals that she will return for The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills season 13 in a guest-of capacity.
After a three-year hiatus, Driving with Colleen Charity Golf Outing returns June 11 with a shotgun start at 1:30 pm.
After a three-year hiatus, the Bordeaux’s Farmers Rastafari Agricultural and Cultural Vegan Food Fair is back for its 24th anniversary, with Llewellyn “Brother” Charles of Mother Nature Farms being dubbed this year’s Farmer of the Year.
After a two-year hiatus, St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church will host its “Celebration of Community Art Show” this month.
After a two-year pandemic hiatus, it returned on the road in 2022 and since then, it has been traveling to schools in underserved areas to provide students with access to quality science education.
After nearly a decade together, the South Korean boy band announced it will go on hiatus to allow its members to explore solo careers.
After that, the show goes on a undetermined hiatus before returning for a second season.
After the long hiatus, main characters Spencer and Alexandra were reintroduced in episode 5, showing them already endeavoring on their journey back to Yellowstone.
After the Pandemic forced a long hiatus, instructors are happy to be back with local high school students at Camp Carilion.
And even during their hiatus, band members remained in contact, occasionally jamming with one another in between Reeves’ film shoots.
Common combinations with hiatus
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- on hiatus 19×
- hiatus from 19×
- three-year hiatus 14×
- hiatus in 14×
- four-year hiatus 11×
- two-year hiatus 11×
- hiatus due 9×
- hiatus the 9×
- hiatus and 9×
- after hiatus 8×