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Example sentences for: pause

How can you use “pause” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

' offered Cohen after an uncomfortably long pause."
The Russians claimed the pause "was intended to allow the thousands of civilians still trapped in Grozny to escape from the fighting" ( NYT ). But, since two of three senior field generals were replaced concurrently, the "reason behind the [suspension] ...
And they neglect, through ignorance or overconfidence, to take the elementary precautions that would guard against such lapses: above all, to mark up their scripts, the way actors do--inserting a vertical pause here, or a curving tonemarker there, or an underlining to cue emphasis, or three dots to indicate a dying fall...
Pause and effect ... on the relation between Sinatra's careful timing and his continuing success with audiences.
Let's pause for a moment to map the nuances of that pitch.