How to Use interlude in a Sentence

interlude

noun
Definition of interludenext
Synonyms for interludenext
  • She left for a brief interlude.
  • They always met in the city for their romantic interludes.
  • He has resumed his acting career after a two-year interlude.
  • The best bits are the interludes for Pard, her new black-and-white cat.
    — Wired Staff, WIRED, 25 May 2018
  • This interlude is quite the tease, so be sure to press play on the full version and get your house/dance on and set the streets on fire.
    — Kevin L. Clark, Essence, 11 Nov. 2020
  • Press PLAY on the video at the top of the post to hear what else the actors had to say about filming the intimate interlude.
    — Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 24 June 2024
  • But the crowds that await interludes of good weather to rush for the summit can be just as deadly.
    — The Economist, 12 Mar. 2020
  • Sometimes there will be an interlude of a couple of years of peace.
    — Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 12 Apr. 2018
  • Soon, though, the song slowed to a gospel-style interlude before swelling again to a joyous crescendo.
    — Journal Sentinel, 9 July 2022
  • The air is warm and the water crystal clear, perfect for an idyllic interlude of diving far from the cares of the shore.
    — Sarah Lyall, New York Times, 11 June 2018
  • And so what should have been a mere summer interlude became a whole life.
    — Ron Charles | The Washington Post, oregonlive.com, 7 June 2019
  • Link walks up on their romantic interlude, shocked to find the love of his life in a major lip lock.
    — Lincee Ray, EW.com, 17 Dec. 2021
  • The Fifth Harmony alum comes in for a rap interlude naked on a round platform.
    — Rasha Ali, USA TODAY, 16 July 2021
  • My two-hour interlude passed all too quickly, but the pianist played on.
    — Robert Klose, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Dec. 2023
  • To me, this is still the most eye-opening revelation of the strange Trump interlude.
    — Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 17 June 2022
  • The evening includes a brief mid-set interlude where Wonder rests his voice and a 30-person gospel choir fills in for a few songs.
    — Caryn Rose, Variety, 23 Oct. 2024
  • And the lovely lyrical interlude lacks the subtle mood shifts that others find in this piece.
    — Barbara Jepson, WSJ, 31 Dec. 2018
  • And now, after this interleague interlude, the Giants turn their sights back to the NL West.
    — Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 June 2021
  • What happened was a two-week interlude in Sea Isle City because they weren’t yet cleared to take the baby across state lines.
    — Anndee Hochman, Philly.com, 16 May 2018
  • The time has come, once again, for an interleague interlude.
    — Scott Lauber, Philly.com, 15 May 2018
  • This is not the longest interlude between homicides in the city in recent months.
    — Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2019
  • Most of what’s new in the script amounts to extensions of the comic interludes, and some of these attempts to spice up the proceedings fall a bit flat.
    — Kyle Smith, National Review, 11 July 2019
  • Interlude-19 is about…this period in our lives that is like an interlude.
    — Chris Eggertsen, Billboard, 29 Apr. 2021
  • For most young workers, such stays will be interludes in their lives, Thompson said.
    — Yucheng Tang, Anchorage Daily News, 28 July 2023
  • The best of the interludes was before the finale, with Gaga at her most melodramatic.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 8 May 2024
  • But there aren’t enough such quirky interludes, in a show taking few risks and exhibiting no depth.
    — Mike Fischer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 May 2018
  • Instead, the drive carries the couple through a series of dreamy interludes.
    — Darren Franich, EW.com, 25 Nov. 2019
  • The third and final season cranked up the romance and humor (an All-4-One interlude at a wedding?
    — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 24 June 2021
  • Jones himself appeared on an interlude on the Weeknd’s 2022 release, Dawn FM.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The movie pauses for too many talking-heads interludes with nostalgic celebrity fans, interrupting the fun of the Maysles footage.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 26 Nov. 2024

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