1. occurring or situated between two points in time or space

Examples

• The intervening years had changed him completely.
• She crossed the intervening space between the two buildings.
• During the intervening period, several important events occurred.
• The intervening mountains blocked our view of the ocean.
• In the intervening time, technology had advanced rapidly.
• The intervening chapters explained the character’s motivation.
• They met again after the intervening decades had passed.