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Example sentences for "little pause"

  • Then after a little pause: "I hope I've give satisfaction these last weeks?

  • There was a little pause, then Roddy said, "That's very interesting.

  • There was a little pause--then they said good night.

  • There was a little pause; peering through the gathering dusk Ian marked his brother’s face grow white, and he laughed again, good-naturedly enough.

  • There fell a little pause; the two utterly absorbed in themselves and each other did not notice or heed the falling fire and guttering candles or the lifting wail of the storm without.

  • There was a little pause, then Delia made an impatient movement with her foot.

  • There was a little pause, the heavy sweep of the rain without came distinctly, mournfully, and a low wind howled through the rough window.

  • Life used to be like that to me--at one time,' she went on after a little pause.

  • He was silent, and his mother after a little pause went on.

  • Pitt ended what he had to say about his uncle and his house, and there was a little pause.

  • Cineas, after a little pause, "And having subdued Italy, what shall we do next?

  • There was a little pause, during which his fine face did not change.

  • There was a little pause, then his simple words fell very quietly on the silence.

  • Now, here is your inn," he said, after a little pause.

  • There was a little pause, and, like a fool, I lowered my eyes, and blushed.

  • There was a little pause, and he added-- 'No.

  • There had come now a little pause in my father's revelations, and my fancy wandered away upon a flight of discovery.

  • Oh yes," said Molly, adding after a little pause, "I would like to see that house.

  • There came a little pause in the conversation; I leaned my head against my grandmother's knee.

  • Then there came a little pause of rather solemn expectation.

  • You cannot judge of things quite justly at present, I think," he said, after a little pause.

  • If I could be of use," she went on again, after a little pause.

  • I wanted to speak to you about to-morrow morning," she said, after a little pause.

  • And then—after a little pause to gain command of word and thought she spoke again, slowly.

  • I’m glad of that," he said after a little pause.

  • A thrush turns up to see what is the matter, and, after a little pause for a scornful consideration of the folly of the black coats, he cleaves the modulated harmony of their emulation with the silver trumpet of his song.

  • Henry, who had been shooting at a mark, came in smelling of gun-oil; and after a little pause of waiting came the Countess.

  • That's right, Mary," he repeated dully, after a little pause.

  • There was a little pause, and the father stood rigid, menacing.

  • There was a little pause, while the lawyer moved back and forth nervously.

  • Then there was a little pause; during which he felt that she was bracing herself to say something which was hard for her to say.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "little pause" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    given the; little afraid; little and; little annoyed; little behind; little church; little cold; little dance; little darling; little deprecatory; little excitement; little friends; little likely; little mistress; little nearer; little over; little parsley; little practice; little sadly; little short; little sister; little story; little sunshine; little surprise; little table; little things