Intervals

Examples

• The crust of the earth is a vast museum; but the natural collections have been imperfectly made, and only at long intervals of time. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• He gasped out at various intervals these exclamations of rage and grief. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The uprising of the star of day was hailed by triumphant strains, while the birds, heard by snatches, filled up the intervals of the music. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Society has claims on us all; and I profess myself one of those who consider intervals of recreation and amusement as desirable for everybody. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• During the intervals of pain from this grievous disease, he spent many cheerful hours, conversing in the most agreeable and instructive manner. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• After he withdrew from school, he read, wrote, and ciphered (in the intervals of manu al work) almost incessantly. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• There were intervals in which she could sit perfectly still, enjoying the outer stillness and the subdued light. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• The Babylonian astr onomers also observed that the successive vernal (or autumnal) equinoxes follow each other at intervals of a few seconds less than a year. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• The solo over, a duet followed, and then a glee: a joyous conversational murmur filled up the intervals. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• All the way to Stone Lodge, as with grave indignation he led the two delinquents home, he repeated at intervals 'What would Mr. Bounderby say? Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• The same Signor Jupe was to 'enliven the varied performances at frequent intervals with his chaste Shaksperean quips and retorts. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• A dim light shone at intervals from some bed-room window; and the hoarse barking of dogs occasionally broke the silence of the night. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• They were popularly supposed to inhabit the lesser moon, from which they descended upon Barsoom at long intervals. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• The cumulative power of feeble forces acting frequently at definite intervals is seen in many ways in everyday life. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• There were fortifications at intervals along the line and at the angles. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Edward Muybridge, an Englishman, by way of experiment, placed numerous cameras at regular intervals about the track, which, by electrical contact, were snapped by the horse in passing. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• In my sunny intervals I give it another meaning. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Food was brought me at intervals but owing to the utter darkness of the place I do not know whether I lay there days, or weeks, or months. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Twice she reappeared at intervals of a few minutes and each time she said-- Not any flounce into the pond yet, little man? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• But no matter where the voices start, the intervals are always identical. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• The effect of screening the objects from the eye at short intervals is produced by looking with one eye through the openings at the image of the disc, reflected from a mirror. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• In the street the noise of wheels had ceased, and the rumble of the elevated came only at long intervals through the deep unnatural hush. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• To their nostrils came the salt savor of the sea, and at intervals they could hear the songs and revelry of their foes on the beach below. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• I Does it attend us at all times, or does it only return at intervals? David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• At short intervals along the Spanish shore were quaint-looking old stone towers--Moorish, we thought--but learned better afterwards. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• There were squads of other people at intervals down the street. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Inspired by this happy failure, my valor became utterly uncontrollable, and at intervals I absolutely whistled, though on a moderate key. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• And there he remained so long saying, Astonishing at intervals, so often, that I began to think his senses were never coming back. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• War rages yet with the audacious Boythorn, though at uncertain intervals, and now hotly, and now coolly, flickering like an unsteady fire. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• All my life I have had this sadness at intervals, the woman said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.

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