How to Use interval in a Sentence

interval

noun

• The sun shone for brief intervals throughout the day.
• There might be long intervals during which nothing happens.
• There will be a 20-minute interval between acts one and two.
• Most of the gain is due between the 20th and the last day of the month; price has risen 67% of the time in that interval.
  — Bill Sarubbi, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2022
• The period from the 17th through the 23rd has been the weakest interval in the month.
  — Bill Sarubbi, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2021
• And then William said to me in the interval, ‘Don’t worry.
  — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 7 Dec. 2024
• So for the sequence xn = {α log n}, the points seem to cluster to the left of the interval between 0 and 1.
  — Christopher Lutsko, Scientific American, 30 Jan. 2024
• The monthly histogram shows that the first six months in any year have been a strong time interval.
  — Bill Sarubbi, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024
• The five-year average for the same interval is 62 fires and 44 acres burned.
  — Kellie Hwang, SFChronicle.com, 21 Jan. 2021
• Four more are out of appeals, and the state appears ready to put them to death in five-week intervals through the spring.
  — Jeffrey Collins, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
• The people munch on snacks throughout the day with intervals of big meals.
  — Zoe Li, CNN, 2 May 2023
• After a very British interval, the band started the second half of the show with a tricky translucent screen at the front of the stage.
  — Brad Auerbach, SPIN, 18 Oct. 2023
• There should be lengthy intervals without rain with highs in the 60s each day.
  — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2024
• Dog teams will take off in two-minute intervals for an 11-mile ride across town.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 3 Mar. 2023
• Much cooler and breezy with intervals of clouds and sun.
  — Kxas-Tv (nbc5), Dallas News, 15 Mar. 2023
• Repeat the interval eight or 10 times, and then do a cool-down walk for 10 minutes.
  — Nancy Lebrun, Verywell Health, 25 July 2024
• The oil change interval is up to 3000 miles, and the number of grease fittings has been reduced to zero.
  — Car and Driver, 27 Jan. 2023
• But even if there's a five-year interval between them, that's fine.
  — Swapna Krishna, Wired, 23 June 2021
• The eight-week interval between blood donations rule is the same for an 18-year-old as for a 78-year-old.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 11 Mar. 2022
• None of us would be surprised if there would be a need for boosters at some interval.
  — Sophie Mellor, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2022
• If the rate was lower during the first interval, the system defaults to the lower toll, Kary said.
  — Tim Harlow, Star Tribune, 6 June 2021
• But this interval might not have endured for the entirety of the Marinoan.
  — Byadam Mann, science.org, 4 Apr. 2023
• Very warm and less humid with intervals of clouds and sunshine.
  — Kelsey Conway, The Enquirer, 18 Apr. 2024
• This reflection could be once a week, once a day — any interval that works.
  — Stephanie Dillon, Rolling Stone, 2 Dec. 2021
• Some speculate that it may be linked to the longer interval between doses in the half-dose group.
  — Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 14 Jan. 2021
• Not as hot but humid with intervals of clouds and sunshine.
  — Sharon Coolidge, The Enquirer, 7 Aug. 2024
• When three people would come out after a long interval, three more could go in.
  — Laura Saunders, WSJ, 20 May 2022
• In this case, the interval, what would the interval be in this example?
  — Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 7 Nov. 2024
• Nowhere else are we pressed up against so many different people, at roughly two- to seven-minute intervals.
  — Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2025
• Melt dark chocolate chips in the microwave, heating in 15-second intervals until smooth.
  — Lauren O'Connor, Ms, Health, 13 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 9 Mar 2025