interrupt

• Nicholaa held up her hand so neither servant would interrupt, then calmly outlined the changes she planned to make. —  Garwood, Julie - The Prize
• Much as he hated to interrupt -- no one had mentioned that story in a long time, and it was one of his favorites -- certain pressures had become critical. —  F ;SF; - vol 097 issue 02 - August 1999
• I promise not to interrupt--as long as you tell a straightforward story As I said," I went on, "I 'm prepared to put you through as one of the principals; the bare fact of your arrest should be enough to convince you of my readiness However, while I have n't any desire to spare you, we are in the habit of trading leniency to a rascal who is willing to turn State's evidence. —  The Paternoster Ruby
• He was so unlike those rash, impetuous, impatient Irish, who would interrupt--he listened, or seemed to listen, and he even smiled at the sarcasms that he did not hear Listening, if we did but know it, sits more gracefully on us than speech, when that speech involves the denial of genders, and the utter confusion of all cases and tenses Next to holding their tongues, there's another thing I wish you English would do abroad, which is, to dress like sane and responsible people. —  Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General
• But he had promised not to interrupt, and so he said nothing, merely waited for Kate Gilbert to continue her recital You made certain plans," she went on. —  The Brand of Silence A Detective Story

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