Synonym: cease, recess, rest, stop, wait. Antonym: proceed. Similar words: cause, because, exhaust, because of. Meaning: [pɔːz] n. 1. a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something 2. temporary inactivity. v. 1. interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing 2. cease an action temporarily.
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91. Just a few words, but there was a nod of understanding, the briefest pause, before the two men stood.
92. We do well to pause for a moment to watch their development and observe the positions their leaders took.
93. Others may pause before the tomb of Dante, who died in exile from Florence.
94. There was a brief pause, then the caller tried again.
95. There was a long pause as we all tried to hold back the giggles.
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96. Remember when we talked about the pause button on a video camera?
97. Just as the pause edges towards the ridiculous he reaches into his jacket for this packet of cheroots.
98. The brief pause while he slipped off his clothing was like agony; then he was next to her, hard and demanding.
99. Le Coq Blanc - a pause from haymaking to admire their fine cockerel. 2.
100. The pause was long enough to re-establish some sort of equilibrium between them.
101. My stomach muscles are tight. Dixie and the breadhead pause at the bottom, then turn to face each other.
102. When I took my children to bed at night they would pause to look through a little knee-high window which lit the stairs.
103. The clanging made Noddy pause for a moment which allowed Geoffrey to get out into the front path.
104. Next time the phone rings or there is a knock on the door, just pause for a moment instead of reacting immediately.
105. The other pair of feet moved round to join the pair by the driver's door ... long pause.
106. There was a momentary pause, and then the sentence he had typed was repeated in soft tones through the right-hand earpiece.
107. It consisted of a contoured handgrip fitted with a top-mounted fire button and a side mounted pause control.
108. Patience is born when we create a pause between our experience of a feeling and our response to that feeling. Allan Lokos
109. There was a pause in which Bandeira visibly deployed his forces.
110. Then he reached the banquette, and without a pause, scooped up the parcel in his right hand and raced on.
111. Then there was this pause on the line, and neither one of us said any-thing.
112. They may need to pause for a minute after each picture, since after-images tend to persist.
113. Here we must pause to acknowledge that Morgenthau does not always advocate a scientific approach as he did in Politics among Nations.
114. However, the fact that the far right won more votes than the far-left should make everyone pause and reflect.
115. Between Athlone and Dublin Sebastian talked almost without pause of what had happened since we last hung out together.
116. Every few seconds, Jody hits the pause button, freezing a frame to show them how out of position they are.
117. Pause for a second or two, then creep towards the door.
118. Algernon Peckham glanced at him, and there was a momentary pause before he moved on to speak to James Pegg.
119. Balvinder Singh dropped me outside during a brief pause in the rain.
120. But there was a brief and uncharacteristic pause before he continued.