Paused Sentence Examples

He paused at the door to wait for her.

He paused for a moment to catch his breath.

He paused and lifted a brow.

In the garage, she paused at the old car.

He walked across the kitchen and paused at the door.

She paused, feeling that she was not telling the truth.

He paused, obviously struck by another thought.

Giddon paused at a mud hole and pointed at a track.

He paused and frowned at her.

He paused with his hand on the ignition key and glanced at her.

She paused, folding the blanket.

We paused before digging in.

She paused to look in the mirror.

Talal paused in an open doorway leading to a large, green field behind the dwelling occupied by hundreds, perhaps thousands, of warriors organized into sparring groups of four and five.

He paused for a while.

Katie paused and mused.

Lisa paused a moment.

Quint paused and eyed the young lawyer respectfully.

Bordeaux paused and lit the lantern.

Bordeaux paused beside Pete and spoke to him for a moment before he strolled over to join Cassie.

She paused in the kitchen doorway, envisioning the family room redecorated.

He took a few steps and then paused, glancing back at her.

He paused, his face turning a darker shade of red.

The landing paused at the Y of two long hallways.

She paused and her voice took on a sardonic tone.

Dark splotches hindered her vision and she paused, planting a hand firmly on the counter for support.

He lifted his hat from the peg and clamped it on his head and then paused, one hand on the door while he studied her face.

Cade brought his dishes to the sink and paused gazing down at her, but she refused to look up.

He paused, as if searching for a tasteful word.

He paused only long enough to locate her, and then made a straight line for her.

I didn't know where this was going so I paused until she continued.

Betsy paused before answering.

Brennan paused before responding.

The frozen sea beneath her feet was the color of tar, the black clouds above paused mid-swirl around a pop of blue sky in the storm's center.

She paused to consider her options again then dumped out what he'd started.

There was a sound on the stairs and they all turned as the boy's mother paused just inside the room.

He paused and then continued.

Again the beautiful Erza reached him, but when close to the hare's scut paused as if measuring the distance, so as not to make a mistake this time but seize his hind leg.

Count Rostopchin paused, feeling that he had reached the limit beyond which censure was impossible.

In some places she raised her voice, in others she whispered, lifting her head triumphantly; sometimes she paused and uttered hoarse sounds, rolling her eyes.

As if this action had some mysterious and menacing significance, the workmen surrounding the publican paused in indecision.

He paused, letting his pronouncement sink in and then added, There's a couple of ladies from Boston who are shopping for airplane tickets as we sit here.

Dean paused half way through his pie, awaiting Fred's answer.

She paused at the top to catch her breath and he did the same, before she poked around her new digs.

Cynthia asked as Edith paused in her narration.

She paused, long enough to catch her breath.

He paused, waiting to see if she would respond to his suggestion but she continued eating.

He paused before continuing.

She paused and smiled.

She paused, trying to find the right words.

Able Whitehouse paused a moment before answering.

Effie paused, tugging her quilt higher.

Gladys paused by the door.

Dean asked as he paused beneath a streetlight.

Dean paused at the County's sole traffic light, a recent addition and, in some minds, a reluctant bow to progress.

She paused, and he could picture her biting her lip.

He paused and said a silent prayer for the spirit of this person who had brought so much grief to Bird Song and his previously contented life.

She paused, then clarified.

Dean paused to turn out the lights as his wife walked ahead of him toward their room.

He paused momentarily, taking in her beauty.

He paused at the door for a moment, You need to promise me something now.

She paused, collecting her thoughts.

He paused for a moment before continuing, Elisabeth, I used to believe living an eternity would be more than I could endure.

Carmen paused with her hand on the doorknob.

They paused in front of the dairy door and Katie stared down at Carmen in surprise.

Alex paused with the fork half way to his mouth and studied the meat uneasily.

The dairy door swung open with a blast of cold air and Alex paused in the doorway.

Alex paused beside them.

He paused and his expression turned sour.

She paused mid-stride and threw a response over her shoulder without looking at him.

She paused in the doorway and stared at the floor.

Carmen paused on her way to the house, the breath rattling in her chest.

She paused and gazed out the barn door at the scenic view.

Alex paused at the hay pile and sat down, cross-legged, while he examined a chart.

He paused, glancing down at her.

At the gate, she finally paused to catch her breath, her face still burning.

She started for the door to stop him, but half way to her destination she paused.

At the door, she paused only long enough to flip on the yard and barn lights.

She paused with one hand on the door.

She paused and frowned at him.

He paused, glancing at the yellow stripe of dawn nudging back the night sky.

They paused a safe distance from Brady's restless team.

Brady and his men paused after two rigid security inspections and being granted permission to enter.

She paused to rub her face hard with the meaty parts of her hands.

He walked by the woman and paused.

The moment his hand paused over the vault, she tensed.

Lana paused in her pacing, wondering if she'd done something wrong.

Lana approached him and paused within arm's reach.

Brady paused in front of her, meeting her gaze.

Brady's movement paused then resumed.

At the fourth mile marker, she paused.

She paused to look around again, caught in the surreal sense that everything that happened the past few months hadn't touched the condo community.

Jack loped ahead of her then paused to wait at the center of the field.

But, Elise paused, studying the results, before continuing.

Shivering, she began to run again on the trail.  She heard the fast moving stream long before she reached it and paused to catch her breath on its bank.

His movements paused then continued.

He paused in the middle of the cool shadow world gazing at the portals.

The branches around him darted around then fell still, as if watching.  Toby knelt beside Ully and grunted as he rolled the Immortal onto his back.  Disappointed to have their journey paused already, he looked around then back at Ully.

He'd left her there.  She cursed herself for insisting on resting and paused, looking up at the cloudy sky visible through the overhead canopy.

Deidre paused beside the bubbling nest of beetles the size of her hand.  Katie watched as she picked up one, peered at it and then flung it.  Deidre giggled.

He heard Hannah crying and smelled the unmistakable scent of human blood before he took a step onto the block.  He strode down the block and paused in front of Hannah's cell.  She was curled up on the bed, sobbing.  When he looked at the cell across from her, he saw why.  Jared stood in the cell, covered in blood.  The cell looked as if a human had exploded, and Rhyn saw a pile of bones Jared had gnawed clean then stacked neatly.

Toby dropped Kiki's leg and took off for the Sanctuary.  Rhyn strode through the loose sand of the beach and paused beside Kiki.  He set Hannah down.

After turning the knob once to confirm it was locked, he paused, somewhat unsteadily, and glanced across the motel parking lot.

The man paused, leaning against a post, and confirmed in a somewhat slurred voice that indeed he was about to take a dip.

She paused before answering.

Dean dutifully paused a few moments until Fred took off his glasses, slammed down the book on a table and said with a broad smile, I knew it!

He paused, "You just have to sign the checks."

She paused before adding soft­ly, Will you be going there?

Winston paused before answering.

Cynthia paused, and added, I saw your attorney friend this afternoon...Ms.

He paused as Winston laughed.

She paused a moment before continuing.

She paused, then asked, Was there really a power failure or were you just saying that?

Dean paused before answering.

Fred paused, "So I rented this car."

She paused before asking, "He isn't alive or something, is he?"

He paused and then added, "I don't suppose there's any return address on Arthur's note?"

Dean lost his convoy of younger bikers on the short uphill and he paused momentarily at the crest to wipe his eyes and scan the roadway below him for his prey.

She paused and smiled up at him, one eye almost covered by a wave of gray hair.

Alex paused, staring wistfully out the window.

He paused before shutting it.

For a moment she paused, gazing up at him.

There he paused and looked down at the shirt.

It tentatively paused below her swimsuit top.

She paused – or was it?

The coffee cup paused short of his lips as he met her gaze.

As he helped her put the groceries away, he paused and turned to her, a carton of eggs in one hand and a package of sliced cheese in the other.

She paused, an idea forming.

The fork paused half way to his mouth, his startled gaze meeting hers.

She paused, shoving the straps of her dress up, and then gathered the remaining pans, stacking them beside the sink to wash after supper.

Forking more sweet potatoes from his plate, he paused, lifting his gaze to hers.

He paused, taking a bite of the sweet potatoes, chewing them and then swallowing before continuing.

He paused again, his fork poised over the pork chop on his plate, his gaze fixed on her face.

She pitched it in the trash and then paused at the door.

He paused at the door and half-turned toward her.

Opening the door, he paused as he stepped out on the porch.

She climbed the stairs and paused in the little bedroom.

She paused on the porch and then hefted it again, marching down to the car.

She paused, but when Carmen didn't reply, she continued.

He paused when he heard footsteps crunch on the straw behind the fence.

He paused to look at himself, studying his rugged features and swirling gold eyes.

Jenn started forward then paused with a glance towards the closed bedroom door.

The moment she paused, he pounced, reminding her of just how fast he was.

She trotted down the stairs to her window and paused.

He paused in the doorway, eyes going to the bathroom door.

He paused to draw a knife, uneasy to feel who was inside the cellar.

She traced it down to his upper abdomen and paused.

Darian paused mid-step, not at all certain he was worthy of a mate.

Darian paused in his pacing, savoring the words.

Jenn chose a direction and paused at the first intersection to listen for anyone approaching.

Struck by the familiarity of the scene, she paused as the fire reached the top of the hill.

He bounded to his feet as another paused beside him.

She whirled away and paused in front of the bathing basin, a sigh robbing her frame of tension.

He paused in front of her and turned to face the walls.

He paused in the doorway to allow a familiar shudder to pass before stepping into the brightly lit antechamber.

He paused once to give a long look over his shoulder at the still body propped in the Springs.

She paused, obviously reconsidering what she was about to say.

He paused and then added, "Oh, and my last name is Wilson."

Katie placed a bowl of mashed potatoes on the table and paused, hands on her hips as she gave Carmen an exasperated look.

I only wanted to know … He paused and the furrows vanished as his brows lifted.

They paused at the creek while Ed and Princess drank.

He paused, his gaze traveling over her face.

They paused briefly, letting the horses drink while Rob took some pictures of the creek.

He paused a moment, the mail in one hand as he watching her.

She paused at the door and turned back, smiling at Carmen.

As she paused at the buggy, from the corner of her eye she saw Rob approaching her.

At the porch she paused, watching the car coming up the drive.

In the kitchen she paused, remembering a previous conversation with Alex.

They paused for a few minutes to say grace and then Carmen responded.

I've been so wrapped up in … He paused, obviously realizing who he was confiding in, and then continued.

If you feel comfortable with her … He paused briefly and then continued.

He paused, eyeing her suspiciously.

I'm not doing that much and … she paused as he stopped in front of her and looked up at him.

He paused beside them and turned a stern look on Carmen.

He paused only briefly at the dresser with his hands on the drawer.

He paused again, clearing his throat and wiping tears from his cheeks.

He paused, looking down at her, his hand still on her waist.

At the door he paused with his hand on the knob, his tone once again authoritative.

He paused, giving her an exasperated look.

Denton paused with his fork half way to his mouth, the saucer of cake perched delicately on his other hand.

As she grabbed her luggage and headed for van, from the corner of her eye she noticed that he paused mid stride and then turned away.

The deer paused only a second when it saw her, and then bounded across the clearing, its white tail held erect.

In the bathroom, she paused long enough to grab a towel, which she tossed at Keaton when she met him in the kitchen.

He paused, turning to survey her with a faintly amused expression.

Before the sting of his words had time to penetrate, Justin paused, throwing a quick jab to Denton's mouth.

The evening was strangely silent and as she paused with her hand at the door, she listened in vain for sounds within.

She licked her lips as he paused before her.

He paused a few feet away, before the door was whipped open.

It fell, and I had nothing to do with it, but I'll be Machiavellian about it and simply appreciate the end result, Eden said and then paused.

She pushed the door open and paused.

She paused at the edge of the hallway and living room, gazing at him expectantly.

Xander paused to sense what might be waiting for him then whipped open the door to his bedroom and strolled out.

Her eyes went to him, and she paused.

Jessi paused, not expecting a response.

She left it on the iPad and paused to reread it.

They paused beside the ring in the center, where the two at its middle had stopped to stare at him.

Jessi went up the stairs and paused to stroke the purring cat.

He didn't wait for her, and she paused a few times along the way to the food court to argue with Ashley via texts about talking to Xander.

She paused at the edge of the food court and caught sight of Xander and the girls.

They walked into the barn through a side door, and Jessi paused to let her eyes adjust.

Sofi paused then continued.

She paused, surprised how painful the thought was of never being in his arms again.

She neared the door to the balcony and paused, eyes going over Xander's body.

In the matter of criminal jurisdiction we paused for a moment at the edict of Milan; but we may at once trace this second or civil branch of episcopal judicature or quasi-judicature down as far as the reign of Charlemagne, when it underwent a fundamental change, and became, if either litigant once chose, no longer a matter of consent but of right.

Fortunately a peculiarly shameless attempt to blackmail Stephen Bocskay, a rich and powerful Transylvanian nobleman, converted a long Bocskay (q.v.), a quiet but resolute man, having once made up his mind to rebel, never paused till he had established satisfactory relations between the Austrian court and the Hungarians.

The Church when it had once conquered the world allowed such precepts to lapse and fall into the background, and no one save monks or Manichaean heretics remembered them any more; indeed modern divines affect to believe that marriage rites and family ties were the peculiar concern of the Church from the very first; and few moderns will fail to sympathize with the misgivings of the barbarian chief who, having been converted and being about to receive Christian baptism, paused as he stepped down into the font, and asked the priests if in the heaven to which their rites admitted him he would meet and converse with his pagan ancestors.

London was not to be supposed helpless in such an emergency; Manchester, Glasgow and Dumfries, rid of his presence, had risen against him, and Charles paused.

While Edward's army paused, Bruce, mounted on a palfrey, was attacked by Sir Henry Bohun.

To Danville, after the evacuation of Richmond on the 2nd of April 1865, the archives of the Confederacy were carried, and here President Jefferson Davis paused for a few days in his flight southward.

In the middle of a game at tipcat he paused, and stood staring wildly upwards with his stick in his hand.

Schliemann, thinking it was only a platform levelled as a place of Achaean assembly, paused, and did not resume till November.

She paused at her door, reluctant to invade his privacy, but intrigued by what she might derive from his conversation.

As she passed through the living, room she paused and smiled.

He paused for affect and announced, "It was West Virginia, 1932!"

Even when I paused to catch my breath, the director didn't interrupt.

The Watcher paused again to rein in his composure and then spoke in a reluctant tone.

Deidre stepped into the shadow world and paused.

She walked to her chamber then paused, thinking about the ugly creature that was Zamon.

Dean paused before answering, not just to build the suspense, but to think how much information to divulge.

He moved onto the next death dealer whose loyalty was swaying and paused before the slender woman.

He started to resume his climb then paused.

He kissed her forehead, the tip of her nose and then paused briefly on her lips with a light tantalizing brush.

Gabe sat up as Kiki approached, and the tall Immortal paused, critical gaze taking in both of them.

She breezed by him and paused at the door to say, "Rhyn, I.m not talking about Toby," before she wrenched it open.

At the top of "The Meadows," the beginner slope, he paused, took a deep breath, drinking in his surroundings.

He paused, leaning against a concrete abutment, mesmerized by the never-ending torrent as it flowed over the edge of the dam.

Katie was quiet, willing the tree roots to be vulnerable to her immunity blood.  She hacked at the root again and paused.  The area where she'd dripped blood stayed cut while the area around it healed.

She paused – or was it?

At the direct admission, Taran paused in his movement.

He trailed Memon up the stairs and down the main corridor, watching as Memon paused to take in ancient tapestries and evaluate gilded ornaments.

I only wanted to know … He paused and the furrows vanished as his brows lifted.

I've been so wrapped up in … He paused, obviously realizing who he was confiding in, and then continued.

If you feel comfortable with her … He paused briefly and then continued.

I'm not doing that much and … she paused as he stopped in front of her and looked up at him.

He paused, then added quietly, 'I've been talking to your mother outside.

She paused on some of the issues which have arisen over the course of the longer term debate about European constitutionalism.

Deacon paused in the act of fiddling with the strange looking contraption strapped to his wrist.

Again he paused, and I could see that he was trying to invent an excuse.

Lang syne, when I was a bit lassie, no twenty yet - " She paused and sighed.

Changing play lists, turning off the player, or even changing tracks all resulted in the original material being paused ready for resuming.

Grendel paused a moment to listen, but no sound came to him now.

We paused every few minutes to enjoy the views back to Norcia, until we finally emerged into the grassy uplands once again.

Here Prince Hippolyte paused, evidently collecting his ideas with difficulty.

She paused as if she felt it indecorous to speak of her pregnancy before Pierre, though the gist of the matter lay in that.

There she paused and stood listening to the conversation in the drawing room, waiting for Boris to come out.

Boris paused in the middle of the room, looked round, brushed a little dust from the sleeve of his uniform, and going up to a mirror examined his handsome face.

Anna Mikhaylovna looked at Vera and paused.

Marya Dmitrievna paused at the door.

Anna Mikhaylovna paused and waited for him to come up.

She paused at the entrance.

Denisov paused, thought a moment, and, evidently understanding what Rostov hinted at, seized his arm.

Rostov, absorbed by his relations with Bogdanich, had paused on the bridge not knowing what to do.

She paused, as women always do, expecting something after they have mentioned their age.

Anna Mikhaylovna, with the letter, came on tiptoe to the countess' door and paused.

Bekleshev and Theodore Uvarov, who had arrived with him, paused at the doorway to allow him, as the guest of honor, to enter first.

He paused, his gaze still on Pierre, and moved aside on the sofa by way of inviting the other to take a seat beside him.

He paused and sighed, evidently trying to calm himself.

Pierre paused, seeking a reply.

He paused a little while.

He paused at the full stop.

Prince Andrew, with a beaming, ecstatic expression of renewed life on his face, paused in front of Pierre and, not noticing his sad look, smiled at him with the egotism of joy.

When she came in and saw him she paused.

The wolf paused, turned its heavy forehead toward the dogs awkwardly, like a man suffering from the quinsy, and, still slightly swaying from side to side, gave a couple of leaps and with a swish of its tail disappeared into the skirt of the wood.

Ah, Boris, Boris!--she paused.

Pierre paused and looked at Anatole no longer with an angry but with a questioning look.

He paused at the sight of Pierre.

Oh, what a splendid reign! he repeated several times, then paused, drew from his pocket a gold snuffbox, lifted it to his nose, and greedily sniffed at it.

And I remember how my arm paused when I raised it.

The left flank... here the officer paused.

He again paused in indecision.

We too will take part..." the reader went on, and then paused ("Do you see," shouted the youth victoriously, "he's going to clear up the whole affair for you...."), "in destroying them, and will send these visitors to the devil.

Hearing not so much the words as the angry tone of Rostopchin's voice, the crowd moaned and heaved forward, but again paused.

He paused and then suddenly seeing the pistol on the table seized it with unexpected rapidity and ran out into the corridor.

And the Emperor paused, with a frown.

Karataev paused, smiling joyously as he gazed into the fire, and he drew the logs together.

He paused and looked around.

Pierre began to tell about Karataev, but paused.

He paused and rubbed his face and eyes with his hands.

Walking by the river I paused to remonstrate gently with a fisherman.

We paused momentarily on the ropes, hiding our face to prevent him seeing the steely resolve glaring in our eyes.

I bided my time till that great man paused in his occupation of writing down voluminous notes in a big diary.

She paused, precariously wavering on the edge of some hurtful words.

If you've ever paused to consider the multi-billion dollar cosmetics industry, you might have wondered, just where did makeup originate?

Pause game play, then hold L2 and press Right, Square, R2, R1, Right, R2, then release L2 while the game is still paused.

Pause game play, then hold L2 and press R2, Right, R2, R1, Square, Right, then release L2 while the game is still paused.

And trust me on this; I've always paused before any Rosè due to my inherent association with it to that perfidious and insipid White Zinfandel that rued the day for the wine-drinking public in the 1980's.

When the user receives an incoming call, the song is temporarily paused so the call can be taken.

His eyes scanned each of the boys, and then paused purposefully on the four boys at the back, "I am not going to repeat myself."

The three boys paused for a moment, before bursting out in laughter.

This is a good indicator that someone has paused the tape and then restarted it.

Sammie's mother paused and laughed nervously, "Every year on what would have been the anniversary of the fire, I always have bad dreams and wake up smelling gasoline."

He paused, looking uncomfortable.

She paused while he sipped his coffee.

When she paused, Carmen yelled at her.

He paused and kissed her on the lips.

Destiny's eyelids drooped and paused, then opened wide.

She paused, allowing him to assimilate the information.

She paused, sucking in a deep breath, and then threw her hands in the air in defeat.

Alex paused at the door to their bedroom, a tray of coffee in his hands.

She crossed the living room and paused at the door, looking through the peep hole.

She paused for no more than a few moments, but apparently Giddon hadn't heard.

She beat a hasty retreat down the hallway, and paused breathlessly in the middle of her bedroom.

She lifted the hair off her neck and sighed as she paused in the shade of a huge oak tree.

When they reached door he paused, gazing down at her with an unreadable expression.

The next morning she paused at her door when she heard Yancey talking to someone.

Lisa started for her room to get a book to read and paused in the hallway to look at a photograph again.

She paused a moment.

Noticing a deck of cards on the counter, she paused.

She paused a few second and then disconnected without leaving a message.

At the top of the trail she paused to catch her breath.

She paused, allowing her eyes to adjust to the dim light.

Back at the apartment, he paused at the door, key in hand.

He paused with a shirt in his hand, his expression surprised.

He paused with the spoon half way to his lips and raised one brow.

He paused when she turned sharply.

From the top of a dune they paused for a backward glance.

She paused with the meat half way to her mouth.

He paused and pulled a weed from between some rocks and fed it to the bay.

She paused, realizing he was looking for a deeper meaning.