Sentence examples for paused to explain from inspiring English sources
He paused to explain his approach.
On her 1997 live album, she paused to explain one of her oversized rings to the crowd.
He guided me to a poorly lit bar nearby; before entering, he paused to explain that it was a known gathering place for criminals from the former Yugoslavia.
"They said, 'He was a Baathist guy until he walked in to us.' " Marik paused to explain: " 'Walked in' means that he came over to them, defected".
But before doing so, he paused to explain that "there's been too much sorrow, so I'm only reading the lines about joy".
Steve Holmgren, a producer of "Putty Hill," in between cuing extras and passing around pitchers of beer, paused to explain the rights situation to a visitor.
(You can almost hear the rush of deflation when someone pauses to explain a joke).
Frustratingly, however -- frustratingly for us, that is -- he kicks his heels and rides away without pausing to explain".
He's very thrawn".' With the characteristic patience of a former schoolmaster, Dalyell pauses to explain that thrawn is a Scots word for obstinate.
They assert that the increasing popularity of hip-hop presented a risk of "homogenization and stagnation," without pausing to explain why this should be true (doesn't novelty sell?), if indeed it was.
Our waitress plonked an unasked-for jug of iced water on the table before we'd even sat down, then, without pausing to explain any "concept" (praise be!), asked what we fancied to drink.
