Definition of Hiatus

a period of time when something is stopped

Examples of Hiatus in a sentence

After Mary had a baby, she took a brief hiatus from work.  🔊

The professor will take his family on a long vacation during his hiatus.  🔊

Although the singer took a two-year hiatus from touring, she has not lost her ability to entertain a crowd.  🔊

My doctor suggests I take a hiatus from my job while I am recovering from knee surgery.  🔊

Over the summer, I am going to take a hiatus from learning so I can return to college fully rested.  🔊

Until my daughter’s grades improve, her cellphone privileges will be on hiatus.  🔊

While my husband is stationed overseas in an isolated area, our nightly phone chats will be on a temporary hiatus.  🔊

When the school reopens after the holiday hiatus, the entire building will have been repainted.  🔊

My boss gave me a paid hiatus after I closed a huge deal.  🔊

While the priest was on a short hiatus from the church, he went to a third-world country and helped organize a water sanitation project.  🔊

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