Pausing

Pausing to think doesn't always mean we can.

That's why he keeps pausing and hemming and hawing.

Pausing before reposting can save you from embarrassment and prevent falsehoods from spreading farther.

He walked along the narrow road, pausing to take photos of flowers in the hedgerow.

She told me all that without pausing.

So let's see how you did on your first brain-strengthening exercise. What country, what mountain range, and — even trickier — what alpine pass did we mention just a minute or so ago? Don't remember, even though we specifically asked you to? How about this? Can you multiply the number 17 by two, three, four — all the way to ten without pausing or writing anything down? No can do? Well, good friend, you are an excellent candidate for a daily regimen of mental jumping jacks.

And thus did the trumpets sound one-and-twenty blasts every day; […] three soundings at the three pausings of the music, […]