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is paused
noun
A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation.
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After each question is asked, the video is paused while the bride must predict his answer.
The performance is paused at critical moments to bring the audience into discussions.
He is paused in the act of painting, dressed in the robes of a master.
When the video is paused, Cook sits back and says, "Too much talking".
A woman is introduced, the action is paused, and she gives us the melodious lowdown on her circumstances.
The ruinously expensive Hinkley Point plant is paused just long enough to annoy the Chinese, then given the green light.
An inspection of the tablet, gingerly touching the rough stone, is paused as a fresh break becomes evident – a crack splitting the plaque in two.
A packed parents' evening to discuss internet safety is paused for a leaving presentation for their outgoing campus cop, Tam Edgar.
In either configuration, if a call comes in or you want to make a call, the music is paused until you finish.
EVEN though home theaters are often dark, there is that moment when the movie stops, or is paused, and some light is needed.
Leverkusen's official Twitter account posted: "The match is paused at the 65th minute after Roger Schmidt refuses to be sent off the pitch and the referees leave instead".
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