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Example sentences for "long pause"

  • Then, after a long pause, he raised himself; he was calm and stern.

  • You must tell Julia," said Johanna, after a long pause.

  • My mother loves you very dearly, Julia," I ventured to say, after a long pause, which she did not seem inclined to break.

  • Martin," was her unexpected question after a long pause, "do you know what became of my hair?

  • I scarcely understand what you say," I answered, after a long pause; "you know I care for you all.

  • It's buried," said the captain, after a long pause.

  • You were talking about a pantomime," said Mr. Tredgold, after a long pause.

  • He stole our ship," growled Stobell, after a long pause.

  • Titmouse, after a long pause, looking earnestly at his friend, hoping to draw from him a contrary opinion.

  • If we succeed," he inwardly repeated after a long pause!

  • A long pause ensued, during which he twice inflated his cheeks to their utmost tension, and puffed the air forth with a prolonged whistle of desolate wonder.

  • It is now the middle of February," said Despard, after a long pause, in which he had given himself up to the strange reflections which the diary was calculated to excite.

  • I can not bear to go into particulars," said the old man, after a long pause.

  • I buried your father," said the stranger, after a long pause.

  • A long pause] Your prayers are lukewarm.

  • A long pause] 'Tis the beast in me that is afraid--Ah!

  • There was a long pause; then Florence lifted herself proudly up, and cold and haughty was her tone: "It is not for me to deny your statement.

  • There came a long pause, and hurriedly Florence paced to and fro.

  • There was a long pause, during which the young man searched wildly for some formula that would soften his point-blank refusal.

  • It was a good death," said Muata, after a long pause.

  • Then he heard a murmur in the reeds--a snap, then a rustle; a long pause, then a rustling again.

  • I have an idea," said Venning, after a long pause.

  • A long pause followed, and then he spoke again.

  • At first came only broken sentences, occasionally with a long pause; and just as he had concluded she would say nothing more, she would begin again.

  • We must still hope for the best," he said, after a long pause, looking into the fire with a grave and abstracted air.

  • I should think you feel sorry now that you ever spoke to him," Beryl said, after a long pause.

  • Well, anyhow, I shall see him again this evening," she said to herself, after a long pause.

  • There was a long pause, and then Samuel asked, "Did you know as I'd been back to Langhurst?

  • And have you any--" The rector did not know how to finish the sentence which he had begun after a long pause.

  • There was a long pause; at last he broke it by saying,-- "Alice.

  • There was a long pause, during which the old man wept silent but not bitter tears.

  • I see," said the young man, after a long pause.

  • I'm not so sure that I should like to go back," he said, after a long pause.

  • It was all my fault," she whispered, after a long pause; then the light faded from her eyes again.

  • There'll be something left from the furniture when the rent is paid," Mrs. Penlogan said, after a long pause.

  • We would fight the world together," he said, after a long pause.

  • The boche spy," he said after a long pause.

  • In order more thoroughly to amuse herself with the captain's astonishment, she made a long pause.

  • Freya looked at the sailor, making a long pause.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "long 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:
    long continuance; long day; long delay; long face; long handle; long illness; long march; long narrow; long neck; long range; long room; long rope; long rows; long siege; long slant; long slender; long succession; long till; long time; long trail; longer alone; longer any; longer anything; longer know; longer stay; longitudinal section