Sentence examples for a pause even from inspiring English sources

Being a grown-up, Collier says we should escape this sterile and dangerous stalemate by acknowledging that past migration has been "modestly beneficial" but there is a good case in one of Europe's most densely populated countries for slowing it down, a "pause" even.

In object-subject-verb (OSV) sentences, the object is topicalized, marked by a forward head-tilt and a pause: Even more word orders can be obtained through the phenomenon of subject copy.

"And it occurred to me that 'ID' is a strange abbreviation, because 'I' is short for 'I,' and then 'D'... .. he takes a strategic pause, even though the entire room knows what's coming, "...is short for 'Dentification.'" The audience burst out laughing at the pure simplicity of it, even before he fully delivered the punchline.

When there's an appropriate pause, even mid-sentence, prompt the speaker with a small noise, such as "yeah" or "mm hmm".

If a man calls to ask for a date, the rule is that a woman should pause even if — especially if — they are free for the foreseeable future.

MOSCOW — The Rev. Aleksandr L. Ptitsyn did not pause even a fraction of a second when asked if Jesus would have forgiven the three young members of a feminist punk rock band — two of them the mothers of small children — who have been jailed since March and face up to seven years in prison for staging a guerrilla performance on the altar of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.

If you knew instantaneously that the answer is 18, without having to pause even a second, then congratulations!

This is a figure that might be expected to give pause even to a politician as unconventional as our billionaire Republicrat mayor.

Jed Perl, the art critic at the New Republic, has a short ditty on clocks that gives one pause, even for a few seconds.

Poetry by our (and others') estimable leaders is one of those fascinating chances to look at… Jed Perl, the art critic at the New Republic, has a short ditty on clocks that gives one pause, even for a few seconds.

By Ian Segal March 31, 2010 Jed Perl, the art critic at the New Republic, has a short ditty on clocks that gives one pause, even for a few seconds.