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Examples

  • When the word Intermission finally appeared on the screen, Celeste jumped up from her seat and headed up the aisle.

    A-J Phoebe McPhee 2002

  • "Intermission is French for supper," he said, gravely, "and I'd like to know if you'd rather sit on the stairs in good old orthodox party fashion, or if you'd rather go to the dining-room in state?"

    Patty's Social Season Carolyn Wells 1902

  • Howls of anguish shook the building when the car drove off the edge of a cliff, followed by roars of frustration when the image froze mid-plummet and the word "Intermission" blazed across the screen.

    Chitty Chitty Bang Bang flies again 2011

  • Before Act I starts, black-and-white footage of rural and maritime Scandinavia flickers across the curtains, turning them into a de facto screen; at intermission, the word "Intermission" spells itself out in a retro font.

    Washington Post: Breaking News, World, US, DC News & Analysis Celia Wren 2012

  • Set in present-day Dublin, Intermission is a story of ordinary interweaving lives searching for love in all the wrong places.

    Intermission 2002

  • "…..maximum length a movie that can be released in IMAX is 170 minutes…." how about adding all 40mins to IMAX, and inserting this thing called Intermission?

    Cameron: Titanic 3-D in 2012, Extended Avatar This Summer « FirstShowing.net 2010

  • The sheer beauty, wild inventiveness, and feisty humor of Paley's animation (including a wildly funny two-minute "Intermission" segment) rivals anything put out by Pixar and Disney.

    George Heymont: It's a Small World After All (VIDEOS) George Heymont 2010

  • The sheer beauty, wild inventiveness, and feisty humor of Paley's animation (including a wildly funny two-minute "Intermission" segment) rivals anything put out by Pixar and Disney.

    George Heymont: It's a Small World After All (VIDEOS) George Heymont 2010

  • Their well-conceived reinterpretations of Williams classics (like "Intermission" and "Ghost of Love," a superb ballad that contemporary singers ought to revive) are respectful and reverent, with Mr. Lake continually catching us off-guard with an avant-garde squawk.

    Latin Blues and a Song for Mary Lou 2010

  • It is such a big movie that at one point, halfway in, I fully expected a dissolve to a 'Intermission' sign and cocktails in the lobby discussing what we had all just seen and then back in for the climax.

    Michael Jones: In Praise of Australia 2009

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