Sentence examples for pausing to think from inspiring English sources

Without pausing to think, Sajad asked Louise to marry him.

"Mary, she is....," he began, before pausing to think.

"One of the things that was hard for Robin was... .. Hawke says, before pausing to think.

"Eggs with hot dogs cut up," she said, pausing to think.

"No, she's not ill," he said, this time without pausing to think.

We mitigate the physicality of speaking by pausing to think, or listening, or catching our breath.

He paused to think.

He pauses to think.

She paused to think about that.

She pauses to think about this.

He paused to think for a moment.