Sentence examples for collective pause from inspiring English sources

There was a collective pause, an intake of breath.

There was a long collective pause from the prisoners when they were asked what they felt about the American presence in Afghanistan.

In one of his weekly meetings of jail officials, "when it came up, I asked around the room what everyone's thoughts were on it, and there was a collective pause," Mr. Dart said.

"A decision to allow machines to be deployed to kill human beings worldwide, whatever weapons they use, deserves a collective pause," he told the Human Rights Council in Geneva.

If there is to be a collective pause for thought among studio executives and producers, it should perhaps be focused not just on how to use new technology to best effect, but on what kind of stories to tell.

Newcastle fans – and even Benítez – seemed so startled by what they had just seen that there was a momentary collective pause, a sense of suspended animation, before the celebrations began.

He said this most emphatically, inspiring a collective meditative pause.

We need to take a long, deep, collective breath and pause to reflect on the last two weeks.

Beyond the flags and the parades, flush in our collective pride, we pause to celebrate that history's long view confirms that tyrants and murderers, who seem to prevail, most often fail over time to be replaced by the way of truth and even love.

As the girls bound off for a photo and their collective energy leaves the room, Ergüven pauses to watch them go.

However, as a participant in this collective act of national consolation, I paused to reflect on the selectivity of American sympathies.