interval

• On the contrary, it always came, at the very moment, which he would himself have wished it, in order to weigh the striking and important thought which had just been uttered; and the interval was always filled by the speaker with a matchless energy of look, which drove the thought home through the mind and through the heart. —  Sketches of the Life and Character of Patrick Henry
• Despite the fact that in many cases this will have covered leaf two, don't be tempted into delaying the flag leaf spray beyond full flag leaf emergence, even if the interval is as short as two weeks. —  FWi - All News
• The 100-hour interval is a "when-to" (and therefore not mandatory), while the 330 ±30 inch-pound torque is a "how-to" (and therefore mandatory).
• The interval which is thus formed by the separation of these fibres assumes the appearance of an acute triangle, the apex of which is at E, and the base at D. But the outer end of this interval is rounded off by certain fibres which cross those of the bands at varying angles. —  Surgical Anatomy
• Nearly all this interval was his closing scene, and it is very unlikely that Bailly would have troubled him with these letters. —  A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I (of II)

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