Example Sentences

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Paused a bit on “In January,” then started talking about the 1940s.

From Slate • Mar. 8, 2024

Paused, and wrote, “our streets should be safe for all.”

From Washington Post • Nov. 19, 2021

Paused users will still appear on the “Here Now” list in the app and receive high fives from other Peloton users, too.

From The Verge • Nov. 8, 2021

Paused while a finger hovers over the delete button.

From Nature • Sep. 7, 2016

Soon on the dark edge of a ruddier gleam, The mother-pot perusing, all, stretched flat, Paused for its bubbling-up supreme: A dog upright in circle sat, And oft his nose went with the flying steam.

From Poems — Volume 2 by Meredith, George