Sentence examples for historical pause from inspiring English sources

We should be especially grateful when a suggestion a candidate makes gives us historical pause and cause to review U.S. Supreme Court decisions.

But as with every historical development, we should pause to consider the alternatives.

The square is filled with Byzantine and Ottoman sights, and groups of tourists can be seen there throughout the day and night, often pausing at historical markers in the shape of obelisks to read information in Turkish, English and Arabic.

Before the epic push back to Sydney, we pause in the historical mining town of Cobar to make the kids some dinner.

As of the present, we have yet to see an "Asilomar moment," in which researchers pause to consider both the historical record and future risks before plunging ahead.

But for the sake of those who have died unnecessarily since Vietnam drove out the Khmer Rouge, let us pause and remember one simple historical fact.

In the historical novel "Under Fishbone Clouds" one character pauses to contemplate the failure of Chairman Mao's Cultural Revolution and its grandiose plans to change the world.

The narrative also occasionally pauses to allow for clumsily introduced historical explanations: "The triads are a strange product of history.

Cover image: First lady Melania Trump pauses as she speaks to media during a visit to the historical Giza Pyramids site near Cairo, Egypt, on Oct. 6, 2018 photo.

Cover image: First lady Melania Trump pauses as she speaks to media during a visit to the historical Giza Pyramids site near Cairo, Egypt, in this Oct. 6, 2018 photo.

How can we pause to say a much-needed 'I love you' to our school-bound offspring at such a bleak historical moment?