pause
Example Sentences
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I walked up the steps and paused at the top of the aisle.
From Literature
If spending extra on a home-cooked meal ever gives you pause, it can be surprisingly freeing to look up the price of a Valentine’s Day prix fixe menu nearby.
From Salon
Her review also found there was not "good evidence" that puberty blockers, which pause the physical changes of puberty, were safe or effective.
From BBC
Mr. Abbott’s pause affects state agencies and universities, not private companies.
Then in late May, after 16 MLS match days, the season will pause for more than seven weeks for the World Cup.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
