We found 52 examples of how to use pause in an English sentence.
Sentences 1 to 25 of 52.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | After an awkward pause, Bill took her by the hand and dragged her upstairs. | |
| 2. | In music or speaking, a pause is frequently used for dramatic effect. | |
| 3. | There was a momentary pause. | |
| 4. | We should sometimes pause to think. | |
| 5. | There was a short pause and the housewife said... | |
| 6. | He spoke for ten minutes without a pause. | |
| 7. | There was a momentary pause in the talk. | |
| 8. | It's only manners to tackle all out a game that they have gone all out in creating. Pressing the pause button is just rude! | |
| 9. | Let's take a short pause. | |
| 10. | Pause the game. | |
| 11. | Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. | |
| 12. | The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause. | |
| 13. | There was an awkward pause. | |
| 14. | "Really, my lady" stammered out the haberdasher, after what appeared to us to be a most ominous pause, "I am deeply sensible of your ladyship's patronage, and the patronage of your ladyship's niece." | |
| 15. | What's drinking? A mere pause from thinking! | |
| 16. | The Greeks invented the comma, not for their literature but for their actors, to warn them to take a deep breath in preparation of an upcoming long phrase; thus a comma represents a pause. | |
| 17. | There is a wise American saying: Never waste a crisis. And the current financial and economic crisis affords us a rare opportunity to pause and reflect on where we have been going and where it leads. | |
| 18. | My fingers pronounce every word, every pause and every accent. | |
| 19. | That made Tom pause. | |
| 20. | In spoken language, we do not pause between words, a fact that is somewhat surprising. We seem to hear separate words; we can clearly make them out. | |
| 21. | Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy. | |
| 22. | There was a brief pause and then the music began. | |
| 23. | Tom hit the pause button. | |
| 24. | Tom pressed the pause button. | |
| 25. | After a sudden pause in the conversation she unexpectedly said goodbye. |