Sentence examples for protracted pause from inspiring English sources

The lights went down and, after a weirdly protracted pause, Brad Richter, the nonprofit's co-founder, took the stage.

The mood drifted out to the end of the piece, when, after another protracted pause, with the women looking directly at us, Oliver exited, leaving Cuyjet alone.

True, the dead women are, at one point, solemnly remembered at the National: a pause for protracted, reproachful silence from a trio of stage prostitutes makes the point about who is not there, putting up hanging baskets.

A protracted silence.

They are also protracted.

Conflicts are becoming more protracted.

The result was protracted economic weakness.

Long, protracted courtships are not uncommon".

Another protracted silence.

What is protracted war?

Each issue has generated protracted debate.