How to Use hiatus in a Sentence

hiatus

noun

• The band is making an album again after a five-year hiatus.
• The longer this hiatus goes on, though, the more of that falls away, the more of us drift away.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2020
• The rest of the group announced a hiatus later in the year.
  — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 29 July 2024
• Even Aprile wasn't sure how long the hiatus would last.
  — Shannon Russell, The Courier-Journal, 20 Apr. 2021
• The killer seemed to take a five-year hiatus after 1981.
  — CBS News, 25 Apr. 2018
• What seemed like a hiatus in the mid-1990s was in fact a fertile time.
  — Ruth La Ferla, idahostatesman, 26 May 2017
• Porzingis spent most of the hiatus in his home country of Latvia.
  — Callie Caplan, Dallas News, 3 July 2020
• But first, the trio addressed the recent news of its hiatus.
  — Lyndsey Havens, Billboard, 5 Feb. 2024
• The long hiatus followed the deaths of two Healy crew members – Lt.
  — Author: Dan Lamothe, Alaska Dispatch News, 5 Sep. 2017
• The long hiatus followed the deaths of two Healy crew members — Lt.
  — Dan Lamothe, Washington Post, 4 Sep. 2017
• This year, the show was brought back after a three-year hiatus.
  — Anne Nickoloff, cleveland.com, 9 Aug. 2019
• Ring of Honor’s hiatus, at least for the moment, have changed the face of the wrestling business.
  — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2021
• The duo took a hiatus in 2012 and recorded solo projects.
  — Joey Guerra, Houston Chronicle, 9 Jan. 2018
• The tax cuts passed and drilling is set to resume after a 40-year hiatus.
  — Ari Natter, Bloomberg.com, 10 May 2018
• Even if all goes as planned, the hiatus will have lasted more than 16 months.
  — Michael Granberry, Dallas News, 22 Jan. 2021
• Sleep emerged from a decade-plus-long hiatus in 2009 for a pair of reunion shows.
  — Kevin Rutherford, Billboard, 2 May 2018
• After a two-year hiatus, the flu may be back this season – and with a vengeance.
  — Cady Stanton, USA TODAY, 12 Aug. 2022
• The film is the second for the actor this year, following a four-year hiatus from the screen.
  — Rhea Mogul, CNN, 6 Sep. 2023
• The following week of March 23 was a planned spring break hiatus.
  — NBC News, 17 Apr. 2020
• After a hiatus that spanned two decades, the famed pole returned in 2016.
  — Bethany Ao, Philly.com, 16 May 2018
• Perhaps Goran Dragić’s hiatus brings him back to the desert.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 7 Feb. 2022
• In fall 2004, the group announced a hiatus — a break which lasted less than two years.
  — Josh Chesler, SPIN, 4 Mar. 2023
• Grace’s former band, Against Me!, has been on hiatus since that March.
  — Daniel Kohn, Spin, 4 Oct. 2023
• The team will hold two week of practices before a one-week hiatus for spring break.
  — Christopher Dabe, NOLA.com, 29 Jan. 2018
• The hope, of course, is that now that sort of fortitude won’t go on hiatus again for a season and a half.
  — Mark Zeigler, sandiegouniontribune.com, 17 Mar. 2018
• During his hiatus, Jones found new ways to stay involved with the team.
  — Hannah Underwood, Dallas News, 2 Jan. 2021
• This tour marks their return from a decade-long hiatus.
  — Jason Keil, azcentral, 20 June 2019
• The girls may be on hiatus, but this song will live on forever.
  — Noelle Devoe, Seventeen, 29 June 2018
• If a member is caught smoking will he be put on hiatus?
  — Jeff Benjamin, Billboard, 28 Oct. 2024
• But then came 2020, when the pandemic forced the festival to go on hiatus.
  — Shannon L. Bowen, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 21 Nov 2024