Sentence examples for were pausing from inspiring English sources
noun
A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation.
Analysts said investors were pausing to assess new economic numbers and see whether recent gains would stick.
Rather, they were pausing in the aisles for photographs as if they had never been inside a plane before.
In interviews with officials at 15 corporations, many said that after having made huge investments in recent years to increase production, they were pausing while sales caught up.
There was also a sense among traders that investors were pausing for breath as they tried to digest the detail of the US recovery plan.
After the show, which concludes on a note of nihilistic despair, groups of banker-ish young men were pausing to take grinning selfies in front of the theatre's marquee.
Within the context of the music, the former Sex Pistols singer's 'other' band Public Image Limited are a darker and more sophisticated proposition, and doubtless the audience – squeezed in, as Lydon correctly noted – were pausing to enjoy music which deserves attention and taking a breather towards the end of a packed two-hour set.
All my audiobooks were paused in chapter one.
All medications were paused at least 12 h before examinations.
The single most underrated element in public speaking is pausing.
The game cannot be paused.
