How to Use interlude in a Sentence

interlude

noun
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Soon, though, the song slowed to a gospel-style interlude before swelling again to a joyous crescendo.
    Journal Sentinel, 9 July 2022
  • 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
  • And now, after this interleague interlude, the Giants turn their sights back to the NL West.
    Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 June 2021
  • 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
  • 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
  • The interlude with the kayakers, though, reminded him of what was missing.
    Brian Murphy, New York Times, 8 Aug. 2020
  • In the film, Dorothy leaves the island after her romantic interlude with Hermie and writes him a farewell note.
    Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2024
  • The beaming members urged fans watching the show to clap and sing along to the classic number, and the sharpness of their dance during the interlude also caught the eye.
    Billboard Japan, Billboard, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Take a minute to soothe yourself with this video interlude produced for the Sierra Club Artist Series.
    Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2021
  • These light interludes speak to the politics of Blackness too.
    Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2023
  • The PowerPoint is the weird interlude three quarters of the way through that is actually kind of groovy.
    Lauren Oyler, Harper’s Magazine , 16 Mar. 2022
  • There are Olympian battle scenes and brawls, as well as tense, quiet interludes in between.
    Vulture, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Trending The Midnights interlude ends the movie with a bang, although some of the songs sure hit different these days, as opposed to a few weeks ago.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2023
  • This brief romantic interlude, while it should have been avoided, was not at all as [the law clerk] described.
    Aron Solomon, Newsweek, 9 July 2024
  • As with previous scenes, this interlude feels oddly quiet and intimate: the calm in the eye of a storm.
    Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2024
  • The epoch is often misconstrued as the Dark Ages – a barren interlude between the glories of Rome and the rebirth of art and learning.
    Carol Strickland, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Nov. 2021
  • Of course, no cooking show with Rossdale would be complete without musical interludes.
    Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Vasti writes with a warm, whimsical voice, underscoring her hysterical interludes and cutting asides with a deep well of emotions.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 15 Aug. 2024

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