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Example sentences for "short pause"

  • There was a short pause, and Matilda again proceeded.

  • Some raccoon looking out for Hartley's chickens, I expect,' said his companion, after a short pause.

  • After a short pause, she glanced her eye on a portrait that hung on the opposite wall.

  • Gentle sir," she said, after a short pause, "wilt thou permit me a few words with thy fair daughter?

  • For with a sweet, an infantine change of tone and countenance, she added, after a short pause, "They took the money!

  • And then, after a short pause, he added, "As that is settled, perhaps you would have no objection to ask Mrs Marsham also?

  • Alice could not have come," said Kate, after a short pause.

  • Then followed a short pause, when the Sergeant, in broken sentences, briefly related what had passed since he parted with Pathfinder and the Delaware.

  • Here a short pause succeeded, it being necessary to determine the manner in which the canoe was to be carried across.

  • After a short pause, a dull roaring sound was heard, which at times resembled the mutterings of distant thunder, and then again brought with it the washing of waters.

  • A short pause ensued, then the supposed strangers laughed heartily and exclaimed: "Do you not know us, Balby?

  • Then, after a short pause, the cannibal said, 'I cannot wait; I am hungry!

  • Sir," said she, after a short pause, "forgive me if I speak plainly to you.

  • I wonder whether you will ever marry," she said thoughtfully, after a short pause.

  • I am sorry that I am obliged to tell you this," he continued, after a short pause.

  • Though, indeed," he added after a short pause, "everything is possible in this world.

  • They say," added Lavretsky after a short pause, "that Vladimir Nikolaitch has written a very pretty song.

  • If I may be so inquisitive," he asked, after a short pause, "for whom is that pretty scarf intended?

  • After a short pause, during which he noticed that her breath was coming in labored gasps, she whispered: "Well, what if I do?

  • After a short pause he answered, with his usual deliberation: "Indeed, I am quite sure that you do yourself injustice.

  • After a short pause, Clodwig nodded to Eric, then folded his arms again on his breast, laid his head back, nodded again, and closed his eyes.

  • It is quite true," she remarked after a short pause, "I did take possession of you.

  • Wilhelm looked at him surprised, and then remarked after a short pause: "I would never have written to you, if I had dreamed that you would get up before daybreak, and upset your whole household in order to fetch me from the station.

  • Wilhelm went on after a short pause: "But that does not prevent me from sympathizing with the distress of women and children, and I shall be very glad to do what I can if you will give me a detailed account of the state of affairs.

  • You speak like a town-crier," and after a short pause he added, "That is a great compliment from me.

  • After a short pause he continued: 'How delighted I am to think that I helped to give that hateful bill a kick.

  • But,' he added after a short pause, 'I know somebody who also would rather die than be humbled.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "short 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:
    come thither; common sailor; county commissioners; good qualities; little open; much improved; poured upon; short account; short circuited; short description; short interval; short length; short note; short piece; short point; short reign; short season; short section; short stalk; short stories; short story; short sword; short time; shorter time; tomorrow night; whole lifetime