Explore Pause through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like break or delay. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Pause in a sentence
Related words
Pause meaning
- To take a temporary rest, take a break for a short period after an effort.
- To stop (an activity) for a while.
- To interrupt an activity and wait.
Synonyms of Pause
Using Pause
- The main meaning on this page is: To take a temporary rest, take a break for a short period after an effort. | To stop (an activity) for a while. | To interrupt an activity and wait.
- Useful related words include: break, break up, disrupt, interrupt.
- In the example corpus, pause often appears in combinations such as: to pause, pause in, the pause.
Example sentences (20)
Advertisers took a pause during Covid but used that pause to rethink and reformat ads.
Since announcing our decision to pause enrollment in the basket trial, we have had discussions with the FDA, and the agency has indicated that it agreed with our voluntary pause.
The carmaker put a Mexico factory on pause earlier this year amid its sales slump, though has now extended that pause as it awaits the outcome of the US presidential race.
Neither that 17-year pause, nor any other shorter pause, followed partial collapse of the caldera such as the collapse that occurred in the summer of 2018.
Pause and make connections – in addition to making visual connections, take a moment to pause and explain to yourself how the thing you’re trying to remember connects to something else.
Because the break function is usually combined with the pause function on one key since the introduction of the IBM Model M 101-key keyboard in 1985, the Break key is also called the Pause key.
According to Barron’s, past inflation and jobs data argued for continued interest rate hikes, while the recent banking crisis indicated a pause would be prudent.
Actually I was in America,” Kellaway said after a long pause to rack his brain about where he was in the world.
Additionally, learners can track their progress, pause and resume at their convenience, and even revisit specific modules if needed.
Additionally, YouTube has also announced a new feature for ads that play when viewers pause a video.
Advocates of a pause in rate hikes argue that negotiated wage growth is still relatively benign and indicates that workers are just trying to recoup earnings lost to years of high inflation.
After a brief pause, the filmmaker replied, “Vile Parle”, leaving Malla shocked and Aamir laughing; on his second attempt – to answer in the southbound direction, the director replied Mahim (pronounced Maheeem).
After a pandemic pause, the 48th annual Chinatown Spring Festival Parade will return Sunday in celebration of the Year of the Rabbit.
After a pause, Brand added: “Oh, and also I raped someone once.
A group of PCS union activists shared that they were going to resist their union's ballot to pause strike action.
A lack of progress on the authority’s local plan, which has been on pause since last year, has “perpetuated the uncertainty faced by local residents” according to Philip Lewis.
A letter signed by Elon Musk and hundreds of experts calling for a pause in the development of artificial intelligence is a "hot mess" of "AI hype" that even misrepresents an academic paper, critics say.
Alternatively, you can pause or mute the video or audio player controls within the website itself.
Although the change has already been delayed six months to let owners prepare, the Tories forced a vote on whether to pause its introduction for another year.
And a pause in interest rates will be good for the cloud economy, where tech investors look to invest when interest rates are stable or falling.
Common combinations with pause
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to pause 43×
- pause in 29×
- the pause 17×
- pause and 15×
- pause the 14×
- pause to 10×
- pause on 9×
- for pause 8×
- that pause 7×
- on pause 7×