"pause" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The doctor examined the document very deliberately, during a painful pause.
- There's a painful pause as Keeley glares at me.
- Then there's a painful pause for investors, say Babson analysts, before a new wave of technological advances develops.
- There's a long, painful pause, awkward for Nikki as she shifts gears a little.
- His mouth opened, then he hung in mid-thought for a long, painful pause.
- "But there is more to be said," he continued, after a pause painful to both.
- He struggled for a long, painful pause, then said, "I'll sit down now."
- "I know of none, sir," Major Krger said after a long, painful pause.
- There was a painful pause, which was at length broken by the innocent defendant.
- "Comrade Gregory," said the chairman after a painful pause, "this is really not quite dignified."
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