Example Sentences

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A spokesperson for Woodside said the weather event had interrupted production at the Karratha Gas Plant, an onshore processing facility for the North West Shelf Project.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

He had interrupted a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace and went back there for what he called a "tête à tête dinner" after the interview.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2025

It was 8:55 p.m., the early stages of a hotly anticipated National Football League game, when it seemed as though a run-of-the-mill injury had interrupted the game.

From New York Times • Jan. 3, 2023

In 2019, President Volodymyr Zelensky snapped back at a homophobic heckler who had interrupted his speech.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2022

She had been sitting at a table and writing; something had interrupted her.

From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett