Words similar to hiatus

Example sentences for: hiatus

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

is like any hiatus in hostilities, a backhanded concession to the victim: a hearty breakfast for a condemned man."
The estimated mortality reduction in the screening program is similar to the PSE estimates (Figure 2) because the long-duration of screening (5 annual or 3 biennial screenings followed by 3-5 years hiatus followed by 5 annual or 3 biennial screenings) in the trial approximated the 21 years of periodic screening.
Something similar happened for a while to preheminent , the suspicion being that the h was inserted to avoid what the linguists call hiatus.
Tabloid staple Celine Dion, for one, "plans to make love like there's no tomorrow," according to the National Enquirer . With her husband-manager Rene Angelil's cancer in remission, Dion is taking a much-needed career hiatus to focus on getting pregnant--a plan that supposedly includes spending time "puttering around the kitchen because it makes her feel maternal."
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.