Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pause.(verb)
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Use "pauses" in a sentence
""It was just what the coaches were calling for and Keiland was the man" - Torain pauses and laughs - "for the plan.""
"They were oblivious of his presence, either flushed and absorbed with the passion of their music, or wiping their foreheads and chatting and laughing companionably in pauses to rest."
"He looks back at the girl ... looks again ... pauses ... looks back at the girl and says "you have a reservation?""