Sentence examples for five-minute recess from inspiring English sources

Why would anybody say, "Let's have a five-minute recess"?

Somewhere along the line they decided to have what seemed like a five-minute recess, which seemed very odd to me the first time I heard it.

He said he later told Ms. Jacobs that had she called a five-minute recess, she could have explained the measure to him and avoided the misunderstanding.

"This meeting is out of order," he said, before initiating a five-minute recess.

Five-minute recess.

Judge Mauskopf called a five-minute recess to think.

During a five-minute court recess, they walked up and said hello and gave him a hug.

The five-minute gun.

The judge called a 10-minute recess.

The judges made their decision after a 10-minute recess.

After every 45-minute academic period, most Japanese students take a 10-minute recess.