My father paused with his fork plunged into a mound of potatoes.

When they had uncovered the body, his father paused to catch his breath.

His father walked quickly to the door, but paused to look back.

My father paused a moment, his thoughts scattered by the unexpected interruption.

His father paused a moment, red eyes weighing him.

Asked last week about the moment, their father paused, his eyes watering.

The father paused, took out a handkerchief and dabbed the blood from the dead girl's face.

His father had paused before adding, "You let your hair grow in curls."

My father paused here and drew from his camera bag two waterproof jackets, one for each of us.

Her father paused, and Daphne looked up and saw him nodding.