Sentence examples for pausing to check from inspiring English sources

"Twenty-one," he said, pausing to check his device.

He plucked bottles from their perches without pausing to check labels.

"Kapi, kapi, kapi," they would call, pausing to check out who had the best hand of cards.

The episode was a reminder of how negative news, rumors and even outdated articles can travel at lightning speed, with some investors selling before pausing to check facts.

Like its hero, "Havana Is Waiting" is consciously self-conscious, always pausing to check itself out in a mirror of sorts and make notes on what it sees.

Let's get them!" My mother and I ran back as fast as we could and, without even pausing to check with a guard, pushed open a side door to the building.

Ms. Behar paused to check e-mail messages and news bulletins on her iPad.

She paused to check her phone and found an e-mail from a stranger named Mary Morris.

When Bobbie paused to check the color of light on the ceiling, Arianda sat back on the sofa, legs splayed, singing to herself.

While reading "Hamlet's BlackBerry," I sporadically paused to check my iPhone — whenever its ping signaled the arrival of a new e-mail message.

On the way to the raw bar, we pause to check out the Cape San Blas Lighthouse, a welcoming beacon in the twilight.