Sentence examples for tense pause from inspiring English sources
There was a polite, tense pause thereafter.
We remember little else of what transpired, save for a tense pause when Ms. Fonda realized a waiter had absconded with her martini.
In the past, this sort of interruption might have prompted a crude retort, but now, after a tense pause, McEnroe finally says, "That's right," and shakes the man's outstretched hand.
In the tense pause between the Rondo-Burleske and the final Adagio, there was an odd occurrence: a woman noisily burst through a door near the stage; announced, in a loud voice, "My name's Marilyn Mahler"; and took her seat, creating no further disturbance.
If you have ever sat in on someone else's family dinner gone awry, in which every conversation fizzles, and pregnant pauses punctuate tense exchanges, then you have some idea of what you will get from Lisa Ebersole's "Mother".
Ms. Olson, who had smiled amiably when entering her plea in the same courtroom last week, looked tense and cross, and paused for about 15 seconds in the suddenly quiet courtroom.
But what makes the work so engaging is the way the figures pause for a tense, pivotal moment; they know that life is full of challenges, of hardship, but they are ready to soldier on, to move forward in the world.
For the first time, the garrulous Palmer pauses and appears tense.
When only one indivisible chunk of caramel remained, we paused, silent and tense.
Here, he showed that he could anchor a tense scene, full of long pauses and light on comic relief.
