Sentence examples for an appropriate pause from inspiring English sources

After an appropriate pause for laughter, he added, somewhat disingenuously, "I don't know why people make so much of the circus thing.

However, on more difficult points, or every once in a while, be sure to take an appropriate pause, so that audience members can have time to digest or ask questions. 5.

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

Keep in mind that flirting might scare him off or shatter everything you've built up! Excuse yourself while the conversation is still positive and interesting, but leave at an appropriate break or pause.

Person: "So, what do you do for a living?" Me: "I'm a minister... (appropriate pause)... but not the kind you just pictured in your head".

The soft-spoken visitor with the job offer, the younger Mr. Reilly now reveals, with an appropriate dramatic pause, was Walt Disney.

A good example of appropriate pauses is Lord of the Rings.

We scan a square region that covers the active area, with appropriate pauses at each step for vibration dissipation.

The president's speech is long, and people have been in this room for hours, but almost everyone holds their ground, cheering and clapping and waving Obama sticks at all the appropriate pauses.

It's an appropriate time to pause, just as it's an appropriate time to remember and learn and consider.

I confess, I was about as useful there as" -- pause to search for an appropriate measure of uselessness -- "an academic".