paused

Example Sentences

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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

Q. Paused proposal: I proposed to my boyfriend and his response was “I like the idea of being married but need to think about it.”

From Slate • May 9, 2017

Paused while a finger hovers over the delete button.

From Nature • Sep. 7, 2016

By turn scampered rabbit; trotted fox; bee and bird Paused droning, sang shrill, and the fair water stirred.

From Down-Adown-Derry A Book of Fairy Poems by De la Mare, Walter