Sentence examples for hitting a pause button from inspiring English sources

"It's kind of like hitting a pause button while they figure out what they want".

But someone hit a "pause" button when George Karl walked courtside to coach the Denver Nuggets on Tuesday night, his voice hushed by his latest round of treatments for throat cancer and everyone watching forced to contemplate things much deeper than Kansas's chances to get out of the Midwest Region.

Working hand in hand with staying neutral is the ability to take a breath, hitting the pause button and thinking twice/acting once.

Sam's seizures are more like hitting the pause button on a DVD.

Rangers Coach John Tortorella used his timeout less than 10 minutes into Thursday's game, hitting the pause button on a relentless skating and shooting exhibition starring the Chicago Blackhawks.

According to the FT,  the Tiger fund closed exactly a week ago and will focus on both enterprise as well as direct-to-consumer companies in the U.S., China and India, where, according to The Economic Times, Tiger is stepping up its investments after hitting the pause button for a few years.

It's like hitting the pause button on a film to then zoom in on the character of our choice.

For the rest of us, heading to the bathroom is a simple as hitting the pause button and coming back.

In hitting the pause button to make an observation, it is important to note that when the tracking of charitable donations began 60 years ago in 1955, philanthropic dollars were calculated at $7.14 billion or in today's dollars, $63.13 billion.

Frequently hitting the pause button gives us a chance to breathe.

It's tempting to always be in a "go-go" mentality, but sometimes, hitting the pause button on life is just what the doctor ordered.