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Example sentences for: paused

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

Dreams that, decades later, back at my hotel in Fez,A bucket of cold water was suddenly poured on.I'd gone to the hammam, stripped, and lay on a patternOf sopping tiles that might have spelled God's will.Steam shrouded the attendant methodically soapingThe knots of disappointment he'd knuckled in my back.He paused.
Most tasters paused to complain about it--"fizzy and soapy"--before giving it reasonable marks.
Acheson paused.
Now, however, I paused in my labors after a short stint of alphabetizing and partially annotating a few recent additions, to wit:
He then paused.