pause

There was a brief pause in the conversation.

a short pause in the conversation;

she paused at the bottom of the stairs.

she paused in perplexity.

He paused for an instant.

He made a pause and then went on reading.

He paused for a moment.

He paused before replying.

We had to pause frequently for breath.

She paused a moment to consider.

The joggers paused to catch their breath.

she paused to crunch a ginger biscuit.

often they had to pause to allow him to keep up.

she paused, at a loss for words.

she had paused a tape on the VCR.

he paused for a while to philosophize on racial equality.

she paused to glance round admiringly at the décor.

She paused to tie her shoe.

paused for a while under the huge oak tree.