Sentence examples for ask pause from inspiring English sources

This helped the class think about how we use space and touch on the wards, and how important it is to ask (pause) touching people generally in our culture is okay" Participant A "I talked about shaking hands there, and how it can feel uncomfortable.

He knew he was still in the chair and at one point heard the dentist ask, pausing the drill, if he was O.K., heard himself grunt affirmatively, but he was also explaining to his mom on the phone that the procedure had turned out to be a non-event.

"Who's the guy with the bangs?" he asked, pausing.

"Any needles?" Officer Watts asked, pausing while patting him down.

"Lauren, you wanted three couples?" he asked, pausing a moment.

"And Green?" Mr. Rangel asked, pausing for dramatic effect.

"Any news about New York?" he asked, pausing while they flipped on a television.

"You're taking the bikes?" my wife, Robin, then asks, pausing with one hand on hip.

"I can't?" Polina asked, pausing, as if allowing that there might be substance to Alec's words.

"If you're not really writing," he asked, pausing to sip his eggnog, "what do you do all day?" "Plot the deaths of people who ask me that question," I hissed.

"Where do you get the workforce if 80 million Baby Boomers are going to retire unless you start having four kids after you are 67 like Strom (Thurmond)?" Graham asked, pausing before the punchline.