Sentence examples for minor pauses from inspiring English sources

Except for minor pauses of a few hours or, occasionally, days, it kept going, serving lava in two varieties, syrupy pahoehoe and crinkly-crumbly a'a, along with the usual sides of gas and ash and earthquakes.

Under the banner of Lincoln Center's White Light Festival, Mr. Latry presented "Wind of the Spirit," a 70-minute sequence of Messiaen's organ music, arranged without regard for chronology and presented with only minor pauses.

"Whiskey," Faile says without even a minor pause to ponder the question.

In several movements, most notably the Bourrée of the E major Partita and the Allegro of the A minor Sonata, Mr. Holloway paused briefly before the closing phrases, a dramatic, almost Romantic effect.

On Tuesday evening at Zankel Hall, Mr. Thile opened the program with a gorgeously rendered Adagio from Bach's Sonata in G minor, then segued without pause into a bluegrass song.

This process involved minute tugs and tears, punctuated by pauses to cauterize minor bleeds.

Some worry that even if second-long delays for rulings on the validity of a goal are acceptable, pauses for every minor infringement could ruin the free-flowing nature of the sport.No matter how good the technology, there will probably always be a need for the humble human referee.

There was, he said after a pause, perhaps one minor argument by the Harris lawyers that displeased Bush lawyers.

Eastwood directs very calmly, allowing scenes to play at length, pausing to let minor actors blossom for a minute or two of screen time.

President Hosni Mubarak interrupted a nationally televised speech for some 45 minutes on Wednesday because of what were described as minor health problems, the unusual pause underscoring the fact that he has never designated a successor.

The String Quartet No. 14 in C♯ minor, Opus 131, played without pause, seems to gather the slow and steady rise of the sun, mixing it with the unyielding turn of the Earth around the fire in its center.