Sentence examples for pausing to listen from inspiring English sources

Victor came to a sudden halt then, with a quick "Come on!" we were running as silently as possible through jungle, dodging vines and pausing to listen.

Inside, police officers kept Palestinians behind barriers as Mr. Sharon and his entourage walked around, pausing to listen to explanations by an Israeli archaeologist.

In two an attractively dressed young woman is seen from the back, browsing, pausing to listen or waiting for us to catch up.

They want people who will practice a more respectful brand of politics, who will behave the way most Americans try to behave in their dealings: respectfully, maybe even pausing to listen for a second.

"I paused to listen to the silence," Byrd wrote.

"It can't be used?" He paused to listen.

Other times, performers have paused to listen to the musical invocation.

An older gentleman who was carrying a tub of Quaker Oats paused to listen.

Voices that, when you pause to listen, fade immediately and are gone.

We pause to listen to bird song regardless of whether we're in the mood to eat birds.

There is one tall well-dressed man — a cabin passenger, certainly — who has paused to listen within Walter's view.