Interrupting

Examples

• Always interrupting, you are, partner! Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• And when I look back--' the bride cries, interrupting. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• When he found himself in danger of settling into even a good one, he made a point of interrupting it. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• I maintain that that 'ere song's personal to the cloth,' said the mottled-faced gentleman, interrupting it at this point. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• You interrupting Papa, what was I going to say? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• I am interrupting? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• I beg your pardon for interrupting you, sir,' returned Bitzer; 'but I am sure you know that the whole social system is a question of self-interest. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• That is a beautiful face, said Mrs. Pryor, interrupting a brief pause which had followed half an hour's animated conversation. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I did,' replied Mr. Pickwick; 'and I certainly thought--' 'I asked for no opinion,' said the dismal man, interrupting him, 'and I want none. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• And about--' 'Oh, ah, it's all planned,' rejoined Sikes, interrupting him. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• There seemed, indeed, no great fear of anything interrupting him, as he had evidently sat down with a determination to do a great deal of business. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Duke, said I, interrupting him, was it not your first and most anxious wish that Worcester should go abroad? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• The women will think themselves suspected directly, I said, interrupting him. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Begging your pardon for interrupting you a moment? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Feeling the importance of not interrupting Sergeant Cuff's examination of the boy, I received the clerk in another room. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Well, well,' said Mr. Pickwick, impatiently interrupting him, 'you can follow with Sam. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Miss Crawley allowed Briggs to prattle on without interrupting her too much. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Very nervous indeed, said I, interrupting him. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Your habit of interrupting without having the least thing in the world to say, distracts one. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• I do not understand what you mean by interrupting them, said Elinor; you were all in the same room together, were not you? Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.

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