How to Use interstitial in a Sentence

interstitial

adjective
  • They’ve been known to even throw in a whole extra song in the interstitial gap live.
    — Jessica Gentile, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The two worlds exist on either side of an interstitial space bridged by the city bus.
    — The New Yorker, 5 July 2021
  • At a press screening of the film in March, these cute, interstitial clips drew big laughs.
    — Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 7 May 2025
  • The interstitial sections are not what make this book valuable.
    — Josephine Livingstone, New Republic, 23 Feb. 2018
  • There were also interstitial videos where fans argued for their album of the year faves.
    — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2023
  • The train car was standing room only, so Michael went to the front end and leaned against the interstitial door.
    — David Gilbert, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2017
  • The cause was interstitial lung disease, said his son, Lorenzo.
    — Emma Brown, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Feb. 2021
  • Normally lymph comes from the interstitial tissues of the body.
    — Lisa Sanders, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2020
  • The best parts of the film come in interstitial shots that establish atmosphere.
    — Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 23 May 2018
  • Some stylish interstitial scenes also lend a cool, retro spy vibe that adds to the fun mood surrounding the character.
    — Ty Galiz-Rowe, Ars Technica, 25 Oct. 2022
  • The actress shows up for some interstitial Shakespeare line readings and a genius post-book chat.
    — Marshall Heyman, Vulture, 23 May 2024
  • When work is squeezed into four days, the human interactions that fill the interstitial time can suffer.
    — Caitlin Harrington, Wired, 3 Feb. 2022
  • This adds more interstitial oxygen ions (O²⁻) to the structure.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2025
  • And make sure to pay attention in the interstitial spaces filled with rotating art by local makers.
    — Nevin Martell, USA Today, 27 May 2025
  • The cause was interstitial lung disease, his daughter, Julie Sasser, said.
    — New York Times, 23 Feb. 2021
  • Bursts of musical joy could also be found at brief interstitial sets performed on a small side stage during the changeovers for main-stage performances.
    — Stuart Munro, BostonGlobe.com, 24 July 2022
  • The interstitial clips are sequences of near-naked or topless women caressing themselves to a soft-core soundtrack.
    — E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Every segment on the show seemed the wrong length; the preambles were longer than the main event, the interstitial antics lingered past the punchline.
    — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2022
  • So much happened in the interstitial time and spaces between our official roles of waitress, cook, customer.
    — Mary Frances Ruskell, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Dozens of colorful kayaks filled the boathouse, stacked to the ceiling, the interstitial spaces crammed with life jackets, paddles and one very friendly dog.
    — New York Times, 17 June 2022
  • Its center arch is set into the bedrock of the river, with shorter, interstitial arches filling in the gaps between the main arch and its neighbors.
    — Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2021
  • Scratch-and-sniff cards associated with the episode were distributed, and Hardin signed on to shoot interstitial spots.
    — Paula Hendrickson, Variety, 1 Feb. 2023
  • Figuring out how to break up the chapters, Solomon thought of an ingenious interstitial device.
    — Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2021
  • This pulls fluid from the interior of cells to replenish the interstitial fluid reservoir used as sweat.
    — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 27 July 2023
  • There are people who say they’ve been forced to quit their jobs due to a severe form of UTI pain called interstitial cystitis.
    — Jessica Furseth, The Cut, 12 Mar. 2018
  • The songs are the actual narrative, and the bits in between are kind of interstitial and hopefully witty and funny.
    — Vulture, 26 Apr. 2022
  • Jima’s images depict a beat-taking—the interstitial moments that occur in the course of filmmaking.
    — Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026
  • The story exists only as flimsy interstitial tissue between the Tom-centric stunts, but maybe that’s enough.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 5 July 2023
  • But sadness was mostly best left to the interstitial montages about the micro-communities as well as material things that were lost in the fires.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 31 Jan. 2025
  • Even though no one breaks into song in his narratives, a needle drop is rarely just a needle drop in one of his movies — they’re brought to the forefront as what almost seem like interstitial arias.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 25 Sep. 2021

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