Interruption
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Different types of
interruption
have different effects.
A recent psychology experiment investigating the effects of different kinds of
interruption
found, surprisingly, that an audience evaluated so-called “disagreement” interruptions (perhaps the kind that were most on display in the first Trump-Biden debate) more positively than “change-subject” interruptions.
The fear of providing an opportunity for a “silent”
interruption
may push you into unfamiliar conversational territory and cause you to stumble or misspeak, resulting in a verbal gaffe that your opponent can exploit.
Some people, particularly those most interested in power, may observe levels of
interruption
to determine whom they can dominate and whom they can’t.
Although this business breakdown might initially affect only trade-related businesses in Britain, and produce some kind of UK-EU compromise within a few weeks or months, we learned in the 2008 financial crisis that even a brief
interruption
of normal commercial relations in one part of the economy can reverberate for many years.
At the moment, one of the most serious economic obstacles is the
interruption
to transport caused by fearful local governments.
If fraud was already baked into the 84% of votes reported before the interruption, then C&W’s results suggesting no shift in trend when reporting resumed are incapable of shedding light on the existence of fraud before the blackout.
'Nothing, I only wanted to make you turn round,' said she, gazing at him and trying to discover whether he was vexed at the
interruption.
Leaving his tea and regretting the
interruption
in the interesting conversation, yet uneasy as to why he was sent for, as this only happened on important occasions; Levin went to the nursery.
It was that reverie which we give to things that will not return, the lassitude that seizes you after everything was done; that pain, in fine, that the
interruption
of every wonted movement, the sudden cessation of any prolonged vibration, brings on.
She seemed resolved to let him go on speaking without
interruption.
This second
interruption
made Julien lose his temper.
Here the
interruption
broke out in three or four places at once.
At this point an
interruption
occurred, but it was silenced by a general murmur.
Here came a fresh
interruption.
The only welcome
interruption
during these visits was always when Leni contrived to bring the lawyer his tea while K. was there.
K. wanted to apologise for his behaviour in the conversation earlier that day, but the manufacturer would tolerate no interruption, shoved his briefcase up high in his armpit to show that he was in a hurry, and carried on.
At the first sounds of the impatient summons of this new applicant, Mr. Wharton had risen from his seat in evident uneasiness; and with eyes glancing with quickness from his guest to the door of the room, he seemed to be expecting something to proceed from this second interruption, connected with the stranger who had occasioned the first.
The war did not interfere with the traffic of the peddler, who seized on the golden opportunity which the
interruption
of the regular trade afforded, and appeared absorbed in the one grand object of amassing money.
A slight indication of humor showed itself on the face of the peddler, but it disappeared, and he continued as if the discourse had met with no
interruption
from the sensitiveness of the domestic.
The uneasiness of the peddler increased in a manner for which nothing apparent could account; his eye was constantly wandering towards the lower end of the vale as if in expectation of some
interruption
from that quarter.
All the members of the Wharton family laid their heads on their pillows that night, with a foreboding of some
interruption
to their ordinary quiet.
Consequently, the
interruption
to the domestic privacy of the family was marked by the observance of strict decorum.
The entrance of Caesar into the parlor had induced the wary dragoon within to turn his attention more closely on his prisoner; but this new
interruption
drew him again to the window.
The mutual ignorance of each other's meaning made very little
interruption
to the dialogue, for both took a good deal for granted, and Sitgreaves pursued the subject.
Next came drinking with the ladies; but as the wine was excellent, and the glasses ample, the trooper bore this
interruption
with consummate good nature.
The retreat of the ladies was the signal for the appearance of the surgeon's cigar, which, being established in a corner of his mouth, in a certain knowing way, caused not the slightest
interruption
to his discourse.
The
interruption
caused by this scene prevented further enjoyment around the table, and the officers dispersed to their several places of rest.
The noise of her huge frame falling on the bed was succeeded by a silence that was soon interrupted by the renewed respiration of the peddler, and within a few minutes Harvey continued to breathe aloud, as if no
interruption
had occurred.
"Quite an extraordinary interruption," said the astonished Sitgreaves, "and a letter of very mysterious meaning."
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