Sentence examples for beat too long from inspiring English sources

I paused for a beat too long.

This handshake went on for a beat too long, but Sid didn't know that.

But they lingered for a beat too long, and Pryor showed off his speed heading in the opposite direction.

Alas, the amusing (and enlightening) dialogue does not stop here; Emmy does have a way of going on a beat too long.

A hammer against a nail, sharp and determined, goes on a beat too long, pounding and pounding throughout an entire evening, with metronomic precision.

There's remarkable anguish in the way Williams holds onto the word "apart" for a beat too long, like he's failing to let go of someone after a hug.

"There is the kind of hypnotism that all women are capable of when it comes to men, which is to pay attention to you for one beat too long, and you are theirs," Mr. Boyle said.

"There's not a scene in 'Knights' that doesn't go a beat too long, but such longueurs could be attributed to waiting out the laughs the filmmakers are confident will come" (Mitchell).