intermit
verb (used with object)
to discontinue temporarily; suspend.
unintermitted
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a word derived from
intermit.
Example Sentences
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The musket-fire was almost unintermitted; the roll of the cannon, especially from St. Angelo, most majestic.
From Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume II by Margaret Fuller
Fortunately graduation soon occurred, and unintermitted, sustained labor was no longer enforced.
From Sex in Education or, A Fair Chance for Girls by Edward Hammond Clarke
Notwithstanding the queen-mother had become so exhausted, from long-continued and agonizing bodily sufferings, that she could not be moved from one bed to another without fainting, still the festivities of the palace continued unintermitted.
From Louis XIV. Makers of History Series by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
The fortress commanded the pass, and swept it clean with an unintermitted storm of shot and balls.
From The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
The battle raged with unintermitted fury till the dawn of the morning.
From Ferdinand De Soto, The Discoverer of the Mississippi American Pioneers and Patriots by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
