pregnant moment

I knew it—knew that the pregnant moment for full confession had arrived; and yet I could not force my tongue to shape the words.

There was a long, pregnant moment of silence, while the five men studied Hanlon more carefully.

How this pregnant moment has come about, and how the past has fashioned the present, the poet now proceeds to explain.

Through a pregnant moment she read its message—surprise, incredulity, and then hope.