Interrupted

Examples

• Expressions of incredulity and surprise, which he could not repress, interrupted me several times before I had done. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The effect instantly ceases when the current is interrupted by breaking connection with either pole of the battery. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• The conversation was here interrupted by a moan from the sick woman. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• You are travelling several laps ahead of me, my friend, I interrupted. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• The poor creature interrupted me with loud sobs, which produced such a dreadful fit of coughing, I thought that she would have expired on the spot. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• I am at a loss to--' 'Do not say that, my dear madam,' interrupted Mr Dorrit. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• You have interrupted my little project. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The ray of light from A at the bottom of the object passes through the lens at an angle, and continues in a straight line until interrupted by the film or plate. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• I thought your good nature might--' 'I thought you knew,' she interrupted, with a smile, 'that my good nature is not to be calculated upon? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• They were interrupted by Miss Bennet, who came to fetch her mother's tea. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• We were interrupted by an attendant, who announced, that the staff of Raymond was assembled in the council-chamber. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• No, not I, interrupted the mask. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• If they are interrupted in their flight she will be sure to come back to me, and I ought to be at the house to receive her. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• I say,' interrupted Mr. Bolter, 'yer a very nice man, and I'm very fond of yer; but we ain't quite so thick together, as all that comes to. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• The onward flow of inventions may be interrupted, if not materially stayed, by the cessation of some of the causes and incentives which now give them life. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Or salvarsan, the major interrupted quietly. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• They were interrupted by the bustle of Mr. Weston calling on every body to begin dancing again. Jane Austen. Emma.
• I am sorry to have interrupted you. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• I don't see that, said Clym, carefully concealing every clue to his own interrupted intention, which she plainly had not guessed. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• An interrupted appearance to the senses implies not necessarily an interruption in the existence. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• It must have been one of them, interrupted my master. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• She interrupted with a suppressed fire of which either love or anger seemed an equally possible issue, Do you love me now? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• He worked hard--impatiently--as if in some sense of having been interrupted. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Rose, don't be too forward to talk, here interrupted Mrs. Yorke, in her usual kill-joy fashion, nor Jessy either. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Whatever I was about to reply, was interrupted by the powerful emotions of Clara. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• You knew _me_,' she interrupted. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Dodson & Fogg, had not Sam's entrance at the instant interrupted him. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Containing a position which I deny,' interrupted he of the dirty countenance. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• A burst of joy from the little Quakeress interrupted the speech. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• They were interrupted by the sound of the car. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .

Edited by Claudette