Example sentences for: hiatus

How can you use “hiatus” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • As a precondition to admission, the border with Gibraltar was reopened in 1985 after a 16-year hiatus, and Spain was admitted to the EU in 1986.

  • As a precondition of admission, the border with Gibraltar was reopened in February 1985, after a 16-year hiatus, and Spain was finally admitted to the EC in 1986.

  • After a hiatus of screening of between 3 and 5 years, the annual screened group received 5 additional annual screenings and the biennial screened group received 3 additional biennial screenings.

  • The Nao trade route continued until the early 1800s, when José María Morelos y Pavón, a hero of Mexico’s War of Independence, took over Acapulco and stopped the trade, sending the town into a century-long respite, a hiatus that ended only when the Mexican government paved the highway between Mexico City and Acapulco.

  • After a brief hiatus, the Standard returns to China bashing.


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