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pausing

sustantivo B1
  1. A pause. (countable, uncountable)

Plural pausings

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“Well, Blacas, what think you of this?” inquired the king triumphantly, and pausing for a moment from the voluminous scholiast before him.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 92 · C1
Then, suddenly pausing, he added, “Your pardon, sire, but my devotion to your majesty has made me forget, not the respect I have, for that is too deeply engraved in my heart, but the rules of etiquette.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 104 · C1
For a moment they stood still, white as sheets, frozen with horror at the tragedy; then, shrieking at the tops of their voices, they started on a frantic run up through the woods, never pausing as they crossed the main road to glance the way of the bridge.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 225 · C1
After pausing on this point a considerable while, she once more continued to read.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 239 · B2

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