How do you use Interrupted in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like discontinued or fitful, plus the exact meaning.
Interrupted in a sentence
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Interrupted meaning
simple past and past participle of interrupt
Synonyms of Interrupted
Using Interrupted
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of interrupt
- Useful related words include: discontinued, fitful, off-and-on, broken.
- In the example corpus, interrupted often appears in combinations such as: interrupted by, was interrupted, interrupted the.
Context around Interrupted
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 11 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Interrupted
- In this selection, "interrupted" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, reigns, lashley, frequently, due and amid stand out and add context to how "interrupted" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include after being interrupted by a and am often interrupted by men. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "interrupted" sits close to words such as cement, parameters and sophie, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with interrupted
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A horn blaring from outside interrupted him. (7 words)
Both holes were interrupted only by minor late gabbro dykes. (10 words)
As the clerk read the second not-guilty verdict, she was interrupted. (12 words)
As Pat McAfee interrupted the Miz during his promo to the crowd, Snoop Dogg hilariously used his power as one of the hosts of WrestleMania 39 to make the match official despite the fact that the Miz was trying to weasel his way out of it. (46 words)
As we exited the field at dusk, a red-tailed hawk that had likely spotted the grouse for dinner from his high perch but was no doubt interrupted by our sudden presence in his field of prey simply glided away in the opposite direction. (44 words)
Cruz Pérez Cuéllar, mayor of Ciudad Juárez, criticized protesting migrants who temporarily interrupted the flow of traffic last month at the Paso del Norte International Bridge that leads to the US, saying: “It’s crucial that we put an end to it. (42 words)
Example sentences (20)
She said: ‘I find in general at work that I’m not interrupted by women in meetings but I am often interrupted by men.
Just like last week, Roman Reigns interrupted him before he could make the announcement and then Bobby Lashley interrupted as well.
Priority queues can be of two types, non-preemptive (where a job in service cannot be interrupted) and preemptive (where a job in service can be interrupted by a higher-priority job).
A 2024 campaign speech by Ron DeSantis in New Hampshire was interrupted by a woman who claimed the Florida Governor's office failed.
Across the country, cell service is frequently interrupted as armed groups disable telecommunication networks.
After being interrupted by a heckler, Sir Keir Starmer opened his speech at the Labour Party conference by saying: ‘If he thinks that bothers me he doesn’t know me.
A horn blaring from outside interrupted him.
And then, interrupted by Marcello Hernandez, he’s prompted to join cast members Punkie Johnson and Kenan Thompson in a rap about maintaining their baby faces as adults.
As court proceedings were twice interrupted due to his sudden hospitalizations, Young Thug and his legal team have also challenged the introduction of evidence from a Ring doorbell recording, which they argue does not feature the rapper’s voice.
As Ms Sturgeon prepared to leave the podium after a press conference in which she failed to take any questions from newspapers, BBC Scotland’s Glenn Campbell interrupted her.
As Pat McAfee interrupted the Miz during his promo to the crowd, Snoop Dogg hilariously used his power as one of the hosts of WrestleMania 39 to make the match official despite the fact that the Miz was trying to weasel his way out of it.
As the clerk read the second not-guilty verdict, she was interrupted.
As we exited the field at dusk, a red-tailed hawk that had likely spotted the grouse for dinner from his high perch but was no doubt interrupted by our sudden presence in his field of prey simply glided away in the opposite direction.
Between August and October this year, services between Aylesbury and Princes Risborough and Aylesbury and Stoke Mandeville will be severely interrupted, as parts of the railway will undergo two stages of improvement works by Network Rail.
Both holes were interrupted only by minor late gabbro dykes.
But market management said on Sunday that it was “disappointed” that protesters had “interrupted” the production crew as it went about its work on Saturday.
But millions of workers and schoolchildren have been forced to stay at home and deliveries of food have been interrupted amid the protests.
Cruz Pérez Cuéllar, mayor of Ciudad Juárez, criticized protesting migrants who temporarily interrupted the flow of traffic last month at the Paso del Norte International Bridge that leads to the US, saying: “It’s crucial that we put an end to it.
Dear Amy: My international travel was interrupted by a pandemic-related issue when I was returning home from Europe, so I applied for reimbursement from the travel insurance for a claim worth almost $10,000.
Despite my strong discouragement, Gilbert turned to them, interrupted their conversation and performed the same trick.
Common combinations with interrupted
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- interrupted by 69×
- was interrupted 35×
- interrupted the 16×
- is interrupted 12×
- interrupted and 10×
- being interrupted 9×
- be interrupted 8×
- interrupted her 6×
- are interrupted 6×
- interrupted when 6×