Sentence examples for a considerable pause from inspiring English sources

She hovers briefly near the Christmas tree, checks her watch and then makes a quick circuit of store entrances, peering inside for something or someone (Boyfriend?).[5] Subject, who appears to be fighting back tears, leaves the mall after a considerable pause at the exit and catches a bus home, where she pours a large scotch and assumes a prone position on the couch.

Before I let this guy put his finger on the button, I would have to give considerable pause".

The lessons of Asia should give considerable pause for thought in accepting that premise on blind faith.

"But I also thought," Coles writes, "about the presidency as it connects with the inner life of children, stirs them to thought, gives them considerable pause".

Even without the final imprimatur of the Supreme Court, the ruling would serve as an important precedent in cases across the country, according to Olson, and give those intent on denying same-sex couples the right to marry considerable pause before pushing for new ballot measures or filing legal challenges.

Furthermore, the image scanning and image rotation effects have been demonstrated in experiments where no explicit instructions to scan or rotate (or even to form a mental image) were given (Shepard & Metzler, 1971; Finke & Pinker, 1982, 1983; Pinker, Choate, & Finke, 1984; but see Borst et al., 2006).[1] Nevertheless, Intons-Peterson's findings should give us considerable pause.

DiBernardo's comments in the deposition gave experts considerable pause.

But virtuosity doesn't make him glib; he broke up his lines with considerable pauses, letting a sense of economy guide him.