Pausing to think doesn't always mean we can.
Source: tatoeba (2053508)
Pausing
Synonyms for "pausing" (23 found)
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Closest matches (5)
Noun(5 words)
Strong matches (7)
Verb(1 words)
Noun(5 words)
Interjection(1 words)
Related words (11)
Noun(11 words)
intonational pausepausepausing provisionprosodic breakspeech hesitancyspeech pausesuspendsuspendingsuspensiontemporary halttolling statute of limitations
Related word relations
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More general
8 entriescessationdiscourse featureinterruptionlinguistic strategyoperational stateprocess controlspeech phenomenonstop
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12 entriesalgorithm pausebreath pausebrief pausecaesuradata collection pausedramatic pausegrammatical pauseintonational pauseoperational pausesimulation pausespeech pausestrategic pause
Collocations
10 entriesbreath pausebrief pausedramatic pauseexecution pausegrammatical pausepause buttonpause durationpausing mechanismspeech pausestrategic pause
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
5 entriesSample sentences
7 total sentences available.
That's why he keeps pausing and hemming and hawing.
Source: tatoeba (5123981)
Pausing before reposting can save you from embarrassment and prevent falsehoods from spreading farther.
Source: tatoeba (8626849)
He walked along the narrow road, pausing to take photos of flowers in the hedgerow.
Source: tatoeba (10328026)
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