Example Sentences

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It’s a little less interruptive for the store employee, simpler for the customer.

From The Verge • Nov. 14, 2018

These calls are not only incredibly quibbling, interruptive and unfair.

From Washington Post • Oct. 18, 2016

They are "bombarded" by advertising and see as many as 1,000 ads per day and many people no longer trust "interruptive advertising", such as television ad slots, he said.

From BBC • Aug. 11, 2016

We learn much of what we need to know from the frame rather than interruptive explainers.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2016

Mystical states, strictly so-called, are never merely interruptive.

From Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature by James, William