Example Sentences

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The dawn came slowly, so slowly and pausingly that it was impossible to determine when it really had dawned, as it does during the summer months.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

"Mr. Gregory," she said pausingly, "you are unhappy."

From Fran by Ellis, J. Breckenridge (John Breckenridge)

She floated along the field like a sail upon a stream, and glided past the spot where we stood, pausingly.

From The Haunters & The Haunted Ghost Stories And Tales Of The Supernatural by Rhys, Ernest