Sentence examples similar to a pause directive from inspiring English sources

Each mourner was accompanied by a companion who serves as his or her translator; as a consequence, dress rehearsals resembled United Nations conventions, with slowly issued directives followed by a pause for a cacophony of interpretation.

A pause.

Wouah!" A pause.

There was a pause.

There is a pause.

Jackson: (After a pause).

Again, a pause.

Then, a pause.

Then a pause.

Yes". A pause.

But take a pause.