Sentence examples for considerable pauses from inspiring English sources

But virtuosity doesn't make him glib; he broke up his lines with considerable pauses, letting a sense of economy guide him.

Before I let this guy put his finger on the button, I would have to give considerable pause".

The lessons of Asia should give considerable pause for thought in accepting that premise on blind faith.

"But I also thought," Coles writes, "about the presidency as it connects with the inner life of children, stirs them to thought, gives them considerable pause".

She hovers briefly near the Christmas tree, checks her watch and then makes a quick circuit of store entrances, peering inside for something or someone (Boyfriend?).[5] Subject, who appears to be fighting back tears, leaves the mall after a considerable pause at the exit and catches a bus home, where she pours a large scotch and assumes a prone position on the couch.

Even without the final imprimatur of the Supreme Court, the ruling would serve as an important precedent in cases across the country, according to Olson, and give those intent on denying same-sex couples the right to marry considerable pause before pushing for new ballot measures or filing legal challenges.

Furthermore, the image scanning and image rotation effects have been demonstrated in experiments where no explicit instructions to scan or rotate (or even to form a mental image) were given (Shepard & Metzler, 1971; Finke & Pinker, 1982, 1983; Pinker, Choate, & Finke, 1984; but see Borst et al., 2006).[1] Nevertheless, Intons-Peterson's findings should give us considerable pause.

DiBernardo's comments in the deposition gave experts considerable pause.

Beyond the 103 guest rooms and decadent suites, the Wolfgang Puck operated restaurant, designed by the Rockwell Group, is cause for considerable pause.

There's no dispute, however, about "Play Russia," a broad one-act featuring many pregnant pauses and considerable tea-sipping.

When asked if it was fair to seek funding based on the promises made in a short pitch video, with no evidence of a product, Molyneux, who has so far given rambling and sometimes evasive responses, pauses for a considerable time.