Sentence examples for pause before responding from inspiring English sources

Given the rank ugliness of the sentiment — the guest host, Robert Novak, called it, with considerable understatement, "politically incorrect" — Helms could only pause before responding.

Five techniques can help a leader create a measured pace: control the flow (manage the rush of information), reflect (put things in perspective), repeat (play back what others have said), question (ask "What did we just do?"), and use silence (pause before responding).

Groh took a lengthy pause before responding to a question about which receivers had caught his eye in practice, then praised Dedric Ward, Fred Coleman and Dwight Stone, adding that he thought the existing Jets receivers could collectively replace Johnson's contributions.

You say people need to hit pause before responding to others.

Mindfulness teaches us to actively note what we are feeling and pause before responding to a situation.

Yet, if either could be more mindful in the interaction, they would take pause before responding.

He paused before responding.

Asked how he thought Mr. Obama was doing, Mr. Mulholland paused before responding.

When asked how she manages the volume of her work, Ms. Wolf paused before responding: "I don't have a choice.

Asked later whether he had seen a video of the accident, he paused before responding: "No, I didn't need to.

Asked if he regretted his opposition to legal pot, Hickenlooper paused before responding.