Sentence examples for a terrible pause from inspiring English sources

There followed a terrible pause, then Solti's brown eyes twinkled.

There's a terrible pause.

Moss's bottling-up of his sexual desires, "the terrible pauses before nude Apollos in museums," represents the most acute betrayal, but it exists within a society steeped in deceit.

There were fireworks at the end and in burning flames it said, 'Let's 'ave it large.' "He was going to get, 'Let's have it large', but" – she pauses to do a terrible Dyer impression – "'The H was another grand …'" Still, after two years on the square, it was time to escape before her character had to go down the well-trodden path of affairs or murder plots.

Not a terrible affliction, though you too might wish for a pause button.

A testament to hard work.” Then Dad paused and added, “He has a terrible temper.

"Cooking is a terrible thing to take away from aging people," she said, then paused and edited herself.

What a terrible, terrible, terrible book it is.

What a terrible, terrible song.

This is a terrible, terrible, terrible, terrible idea.

Obviously, it's a terrible, terrible tragedy.