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Example sentences for "slight pause"

  • I am placed in a peculiar situation," he said, after a slight pause.

  • I will not refuse your offer, at least not yet," replied Hannibal, after a slight pause.

  • After a slight pause, he added, "But I fear you will think that I am going to be a great deal of trouble to Mr. Garth.

  • And especially," she added, after a slight pause, "when they are unexceptionable.

  • Then, after a slight pause, he added: "What is that book thou hast brought with thee, Blagoslav?

  • All seemed to approve his words no less than they did the sweet wine of the bucara; then after a slight pause, he again went on.

  • Her voice had gradually risen till there was a ring of scorn in the last words; she made a slight pause, but he saw there were other words quivering on her lips, and he chose to let them come.

  • Romola, scarcely above a whisper, as Tito made a slight pause.

  • However, she would not take notices of his taunt, and, after a slight pause, he asked her if she could hear the town crier over in the public streets.

  • Well, Monsieur," quoth Sir Percy after a slight pause, and meeting with a swift glance of lazy irony his opponent's fixed gaze.

  • There is Monsieur Deroulede," said Marguerite after a slight pause, giving the young girl time to recover herself and pointing to a group of men close by.

  • I don't know why I should sadden you with my story," rejoined Desiree Candeille after a slight pause, during which she seemed to be waging war against her own emotion.

  • There was a slight pause, and then Stafford, flicking away some cigarette ashes, continued the catechism.

  • Leave the whole thing--leave Fellowes to me," Stafford said, after a slight pause.

  • Speak," said the king, after a slight pause.

  • After a slight pause, he said: "But I will not be a soldier--I cannot!

  • Suddenly there was a slight pause, and the Princess Amelia rose up from her seat and beckoned with her fan to Baron Pollnitz.

  • There was a slight pause, and then Detricand answered: "No, still living.

  • There was a slight pause, then came an unsophisticated question: "Has Jean always loved you?

  • After a slight pause, he turned to Philip and spoke in a still lower tone.

  • There was after this a slight pause, and it was Mrs. Pakenham who broke it with undiminished cheerfulness.

  • Yes," said Valerie, after a slight pause, in which she did not raise her eyes from the paper where her pen now drew a few neat lines.

  • Yes; I have lent him money," said he, after a slight pause.

  • There was then a slight pause, followed in a moment by a crash; and Jacob Gray knew that the doors were burst open.

  • There was a slight pause, suggesting to "Bill" that he ought to frown as if also in doubt.

  • I took Jeanne Lange to a place of comparative safety," he said after a slight pause, "but since then she has been set entirely free.

  • Everything, I think, is prepared," resumed Sir Percy after a slight pause.

  • As I told you, Bob, I was detailed here to solve a very serious problem for our government," he resumed, after a slight pause.

  • I cannot tell you exactly what it was," went on Goddard, after a slight pause, "that made me think that.

  • My idea is to make her convict herself," resumed Lloyd, after a slight pause.

  • I have tested average human nature," she resumed, after a slight pause, in which he saw her breast heave slowly.

  • And after a slight pause in which he wondered anew over her, she added: "I merely like enjoyment better than anything else in the world.

  • Very well," he said after a slight pause.

  • I am sure that we shall get a domiciliary visit presently," continued Pere Lenegre, after a slight pause.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "slight 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:
    colored people; good fight; moved over; regulate the; slight change; slight excess; slight flush; slight gesture; slight laugh; slight movement; slight noise; slight pause; slight resemblance; slight smile; slight start; slightly alkaline; slightly bent; slightly curved; slightly different; slightly flattened; slightly hairy; slightly soluble; slightly tapering; slightly wounded; son fils; takes post