Sentence examples for unusual pause from inspiring English sources

President Hosni Mubarak interrupted a nationally televised speech for some 45 minutes on Wednesday because of what were described as minor health problems, the unusual pause underscoring the fact that he has never designated a successor.

Andrew Lansley's Health and Social Care Act, which came into effect on 1 April, had a troubled passage through parliament, including an unusual legislative "pause".

Farah took the unusual step of pausing for water early on in the race to combat the sticky humidity before the pace picked up as the Kenyan trio, also comprising the bronze medallist, Paul Tanui, and Bedan Muchiri, sought to burn him off.

Mamet's rhythm gave the words and the pauses an unusual emotional clout.

He takes pauses in unusual places, and his voice has a certain pitch to it.

Moreover, Liberty Lane has an unusual structure that may have given investors pause.

Once a listener became familiar with the verse, she or he was likely to pause and reflect on the unusual gravity: just twenty-two.

Last month in an unusual step, the U.S. government announced a "pause" in federal funding for virology studies that involve tweaking influenza, MERS, and SARS viruses in ways that could make them more transmissible or pathogenic in mammals.

Finally, unusual behavior in financial markets should give investors pause.

But there is something unusual about this lanky officer that gives soldiers pause.

Brokers say that none of the parallels to the World Trade Center -- corporate symbol, twin towers, unusual height -- seem to be giving buyers pause.