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Example Sentences

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Paused a bit on “In January,” then started talking about the 1940s.

From Slate • Mar. 8, 2024

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

Paused while a finger hovers over the delete button.

From Nature • Sep. 7, 2016

There, in a time with praise and prayer supreme, Paused Blaxland, Lawson, Wentworth, in a dream; There, where the silver arrows of the day Smote slope and spire, they halted on their way.

From The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens by Kendall, Henry