We walk hand in hand to the dance floor, and then Garrett pauses, facing me. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

“And to think you were forced to spend so much time in his company. I’m amazed he didn’t kill you in your sleep. I’m—” Thomas pauses, then decides against finishing his sentence. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Her younger stepsister paused and gave her a skeptical look, but she did not ask again. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Again came the blank of a pause: the clock struck eight strokes. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

After a pause, he said, “I just want to be honest. I’m not trying to freak you out.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Matty could have taken them and left on his errand without pausing. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

He pauses at the doors to a series of whitewashed rooms with nothing but ladders in them. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was a long pause while the assembly grinned at the thought of anyone going out in the darkness. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

She pauses and the corners of her mouth turn down. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Instead, what must be the main reason for the failure of lethal crowd epidemics to arise in the Americas becomes clear when we pause to ask a simple question. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Stopped and talked a little with everyone she met, turned aside momentarily to pause at a porch or two—going straight by walking crooked. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

As we passed the fields, people paused in their work to look at us. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

“But now we need armor from the—” Mini paused to look at Boo. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I pause outside our front door, bracing myself. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

The rest of the group had paused on the sidewalk. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Luke still must have looked worried, because Annie paused long enough to take both of his hands in hers. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He paused—thinking, I believed, about this handicap—and then said abruptly: “Tell me. You and Henry spent a lot of time together last month, huh?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He paused, and it took all my willpower not to look away from those searing eyes. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

She pauses again, thoughts running across her face. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paused for a moment and took a deep breath. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

He paused there, hands on the wet iron railing, looking out across the black water while his dæmon wound herself round his legs, pretending to pester for attention but really watching every movement behind them. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

"You know what I'm gonna start calling him? Needles. Yeah, Noodles and Needles"—she paused—"I like that." When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

He paused for a few moments, motionless, and then began slamming the stone against the markings, harder and harder. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The guard pauses a moment, as if puzzled by our density. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

She paused an instant, feeling me with her eyes. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

After a short pause, I said: “Are people still dancin’ up there?” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

After a long pause Adaon said, “There is a destiny laid on us to do what we must do, though it is not always given to us to see it.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

The cat flicked her long tail, paused to get a scratch behind the ears, then waded back into the mist. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

After a pause, he asked, “How are you enjoying your temporary freedom?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

There was a roar of laughter; the boggart paused, confused, and Professor Lupin shouted, “Parvati! Forward!” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The owl paused, turned away from her and looked again at the entrance to his hollow; the patch of light it admitted was growing steadily dimmer. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Once at the top, he paused, trying to take in as much as possible. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

She paused to stare up at the clouds. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“Really? Now?” he asks, pausing on the sidewalk. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Miss Honey paused and leaned back in her chair behind the plain table that stood in the middle of the floor in front of the class. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then I’d take one more step and have to pause for another four heaving breaths—and this was the fastest pace I could manage. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Gay paused, and the office filled with the constant low drone of the air conditioner. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

But I also know that if I stopped, I’d get trampled by the two hundred pairs of feet that are trudging along behind me, so I only pause for a moment. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I urge General Gowon, in the name of humanity, to order his troops to pause while an armistice is negotiated. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She paused and waved to someone to come over, and Tyree ambled up. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

There was a pause, and then Ben used my full name. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

He pauses, and the water ripples as he turns to me. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

After a pause the other answered, without turning, “Not far.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Richardson asked on an impulse, and after a brief pause and the clacking of a keyboard, the woman replied that yes, a Mia Wright had been born in Bethel Park in 1962. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Pocock paused and stepped back from the frame of the shell and put his hands on his hips, carefully studying the work he had so far done. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

There was a brief pause in the conversation. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

He paused a moment, the camera flashes flickering off his cheeks. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stuffed the cash into the pocket of my jeans, started for the door, and then paused. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Oh, no,” murmured Celia, pausing from the pie dough she was rolling out. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pause for a second, picturing the colors associated with the date. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I pause with my hands on the steering wheel, waiting to feel something extraordinary. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

He paused, as if calling up the memory. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

When it starts ringing again after a pause of three seconds, I pick up. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Then he went back the way he came, pausing to make a chit-chit-chit sound at one of the cages he passed, and closed the door. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I paused a moment, realizing I maybe shouldn’t have said that. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

At one point, the county prosecutor paused and asked, “Positive?” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

She paused, and I could tell that she was re-creating in her mind what an Oreo feels like. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry for”—the Beiderman coughed, then paused and waved one hand—“every thing.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She pauses as she takes some notes in a leather journal that looks very professional. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

That gave us all pause, but only for a few seconds. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“The pauses in your keystrokes are off. You’re favoring your left hand.” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

She pauses as she walks toward the door and turns to me. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Halfway, I paused and looked into the dimly lit room. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

I paused, unsure what sort of answer he wanted. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She pauses in front of the door to the labs to open it with her ID badge. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Without pausing to reply, he dashed up to the loft—the scene of the disaster—and shoved Mouschi, who was squatting beside her soggy litter box, back to the right place. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

This wasn’t so crazy: we’d pass older students bent over chess sets, in window seats or on the grassy slopes, and Ruth would often pause to study a game. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Claudia paused to look, partly from habit and partly because anything associated with Angel was precious. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

She paused, knowing her father might be upset over what she wanted to say next. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

There was a brief pause before he said, "The bit with the gun just might work. Let me think about it and get back to you." Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“They were probably under the simulation,” Tobias says, “and are now .. .” He pauses. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He pauses and the smile melts into a frown. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later Hermione, who had become so tired of Ron’s recent unpleasant behavior that she had not come down to breakfast with them, paused on her way up the table. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I paused for a minute in front of a set of double doors — I had imagined and feared the sights beyond them for months on end, but now it was time to face them. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it clanged, he bent forward to read, then paused again, wondering about the man who had just left, amazed at how friendly he had acted. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

There was a muffled pause as he put his hand over the receiver and called, “Honey, where’s Mike’s address?” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Coming silently down the tunnel, she could hear them talking in the room below, and she paused a moment to eavesdrop on their conversation. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“If it happens that you are not chosen at the first stop, you will have several additional opportunities. I cannot think of an instance . . .” She pauses and purses her lips. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

You push your cart a few feet, pause significantly with item in hand, frown at the ambient racks, then push on and repeat the process. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Baylor paused to say she didn’t think the hoses were ever used on Dr. Martin Luther King, though. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He paused dramatically, sweeping his eyes across the class. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a few seconds, Mr. Friedman reached up and paused it with me, from a few meters out, freeze-framed in the middle of the screen. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He paused, half-frightened by the recollection yet proud of the sensation he was creating. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Before I go down, I pause at the top of the stairs, feeling slightly embarrassed about the way I’ve handled the news of the Quarter Quell. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Julian smiled at us, allowing a dramatic pause for our astonishment to blossom to the full. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

After a pause, though, he surprises me with a nod. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

‘What then shall I say?’ said Gandalf, and paused for a while in thought. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

She paused, watching Ash finish the last of the venison, and then said, “On the subject of traditions ... you have never told me your favorite fairy tale.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paused, as if deciding whether to share something before continuing. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I pause for a second, waiting for her to invite me to go with her. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

And that is pretty much what they did, pausing only to turn out the lights at 11:00 so the Eagle wouldn’t drop by. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

He paused, still doubtful, half recognizing the moment as a cross-road of his life. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The officers in charge of it got it into working order, and in the pauses of the inrushing mist swept with it the surface of the sea. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

‘Saruman, you missed your path in life. You should have been the king’s jester and earned your bread, and stripes too, by mimicking his counsellors. Ah me!’ he paused, getting the better of his mirth. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

In the pause that follows, a gale of laughter rises from a few tables over, rippling through the air before settling back down, disappearing into the low, steady hum of conversations and clinking glasses. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He looked them up and down, one finger at his lip, as Turner’s heart stood still, and as the sea breeze paused and quivered. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

She paused and winked, then laughed and clapped through another burst of audience noise. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I paused, wondering if I should voice my previous thoughts aloud, then charged ahead. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The need to pause and breathe and not come out swinging. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I paused a second at the door and then walked inside. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

He paused again as a tear of longing rolled from cheek to lip with the sweet-salty taste of an old memory. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

He leafed through it, pausing at the entry-and-exit stamps of other journeys. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paused and gazed at Polly long enough to make her feel uncomfortable. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paused for a minute while I listened in mute horror. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Fadi paused, hating to admit his last picture had been a failure. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

He paused to attach a small piece of blue paper to my lowest branch, using a bit of twine. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Every now and then Basil would pause and strike his “Noble Stag” attitude, letting the rats get to within a whisker of him. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

She pauses, and then she adds, “And don’t make plans with your friends over winter break. I have some extra chores for you to do.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

She paused, holding the photos side by side. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

They paused to regard a cracked wooden buoy painted blue and white, shaped like an old parasol. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll pause when the bin’s level with the trailer wall so you can climb out. Then you can run along the wall and perch on top of the cab until the dump is finished.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I pause a second before getting on the bus, but Jayden doesn’t give me an answer. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Then, that particular time, I remember how she paused and drifted off into thought, maybe because she hadn’t planned what should happen next instead of a picture. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry finished writing about Wendelin the Weird and paused to listen again. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Then it took a step toward them, paused, tilted its head a little as if to get a better look, and took another step. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Carolers moved among the mansions on Prairie Avenue, pausing now and then to enter the fine houses for hot mulled cider and cocoa. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The music paused; it was time to sing. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But when Jinny popped up, head above the surface, a few feet away from her Care, she paused a moment, treading water, and stared. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

There came the switchboard, the nasal assistant, a pause and the crackle of the long-distance line, then Jack’s neutral tone. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I paused and listened for the report that always follows a shot, but the screaming wind muffled it. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought I saw him too,” I said, after a long, thoughtful pause. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

We pause so the woman can hit a metal button commanding double doors to open and let us into the pediatric ward of the hospital. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

When Bruce Bogtrotter had eaten his way through half of the entire enormous cake, he paused for just a couple of seconds and took several deep breaths. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then Turner saw his father stand like Aeneas with his two spears, pausing beside burning Troy and putting it all behind him, his face to an open world. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He pauses at the foot of the stairs. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“In some ways”—she paused to turn another corner—“it’s actually a gift.” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He paused in front of a small kiosk, bought a newspaper, then continued down the terminal. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

He walked very quickly across the carpeted lobby, looking at nothing, and pausing only to see his ticket torn, half of it thrown into a silver box and half returned to him. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

My father picks up one letter, then pauses—and stretches out his hand to me. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I pause a moment to let him think it over. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

"So, you're going to memorize a poem," Mr. Stessman continued, pausing a moment to smile down at Park like Gene Wilder in the chocolate factory. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

She pauses and gazes at the big framed photo of Grandpa that now hangs on the living room wall. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

"Still," she said after a moment's pause, "I don't know that there's so much point in all going together. Aren't we more likely to be noticed?" The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Clutching my musket, I ran back toward him; and was stopped in my progress by Pro Bono, who, sensible of the pause in my flight, had returned to see what delayed me. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

After a pause, she said, “No, he doesn’t need an ambulance. We can take him.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

We held our breath as he paused on the steps and looked back, right in my eyes. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pauses, and my throat feels thicker with every passing second. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Her throat constricted and she had to pause. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Often she paused in her work and listened. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paused, then said, “We all came here together on the same ship from Mars. Not Resch; he stayed behind another week, receiving the synthetic memory system.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Without pausing to wash the grime from his face and hands he strapped his suitcase and left the room. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She paused, like she wanted to say no but also didn’t want to be rude. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think so. It doesn’t matter,” he said, after a long, tense pause. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He paused, listened to our eager silence for a moment. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The rest idled along, hopping a few yards and then pausing to nibble or to pass droppings on the warm, sunny grass. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Listen,” my father said after a long pause. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, the two of them continued to chat with me over their shoulders, pausing every now and then to kill or be killed. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a momentary pause, and then Tarrypin was yanked back into the bulkhead. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

There he paused again, trembling, before he reached out for the latch. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I paused to consider it, but then shook my head. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

He paused until I lifted my head and looked at him. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Dimple began to say that the movies sounded fine, but the thought of this continuing silence, this hurt/awkward mixture of pauses and emptiness, was too much. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Patterson paused briefly, before launching into his standard convocation address, the one where he used the word “august” with all three of its meanings, just because he could. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

After a pause, she cried, “Sismondi, I’m coming,” and looked up as if she saw him standing before her. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was walking toward them when something of what they were saying met his ears, and he paused to listen, hidden in the Invisibility section. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

She gestured toward the stairs, so I walked up, but didn’t pause to examine the assemblage of recycled trash at the top of the staircase. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

He paused, and then continued with a quieter, even more serious tone. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

In a moment of pause, he asked his father why. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Mr. Carriaga paused and addressed the little boy politely: “Good morning.” Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pauses, sucking on a Skittle, and Alex decides to ask. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“This is different. It’s not a job, really. I never thought, never expected—” She paused. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

I pause to read a café menu: traditional Syrian dishes among Turkish foods. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mama paused and then said, “You’ll have to see him sooner or later, you know.” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He pauses to make sure he has my full attention. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He took a long pause, then started speaking. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Wonderful,” I replied, but something in my tone caused my sister to pause and study me intently. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Emmett pauses, closes his eyes, then mutters, “I begged my cousins not to tell my uncle and aunt. ‘I don’t want to be sent back to Chicago,’ I said. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

“My guess would be…” And for a moment the Prince paused, following footsteps. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I pause, staring at my hands, my mouth dry. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Her mother paused, and Candice could almost hear the echo of sadness between them. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I paused to give him a chance to deny it, but he didn’t. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

People walking under the shade of the sycamores across the street paused at the sight of a slave running away from a mansion where a woman was screaming. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a flicker of a pause, the puppy reluctantly sank to the floor and touched the rug with his small nose. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

“But what if that guidance is . . .” Joseph paused. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

As I climbed down, I paused next to the Airstream trailer three units below ours, where my friend Mrs. Gilmore lived. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Watching the spoon slide into his hand, he paused, bewildered. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

There was a brief pause, then, “It says here they don’t have a phone.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

“Enough,” he says now, and in response, Hideo pauses to turn on him. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Dr. Zinchenko paused to stare up at the library’s most stunning visual effect: the Wonder Dome. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Although the parallels listed above should be enough to give anyone pause, there are a number of other, less obvious, similarities between mass incarceration and Jim Crow that have not been explored in earlier chapters. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Richard paused, pleased to feel the strangely inchoate intimacy that came with talking about himself, something he rarely did. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

After a suitable pause, Riddick expertly shifted gears and began talking about the charrette in practical and even somewhat technical terms. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

‘It is rather a strange and sad story,’ he went on after a pause. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I’ve hardly finished giving one answer before she asks another, without pause or hesitation. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

After a long pause, somebody in the audience said, “Beginner’s luck?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Over these she paused, for an extremely long time, as if she were listening to small, silent confessions. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The long pause that followed filled Ugwu with a deeply uncomfortable sense of intimacy; she had never before spoken to him about Master like this. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Trevor paused, and then said, “He’s there because he killed somebody, right?” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

He paused in the doorway, looked at the empty chair and laughed. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The officer paused for a brief coughing spell. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s an astonished pause, with men on both sides of the car shifting in their bunks to get a look at this loud intruder. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Somehow during their aimless but oh-so-significant conversation with its delicious pauses and thrilling undercurrents of emotion, they came to know that they loved each other passionately. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned to leave and then paused, reaching into his coat pocket. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Every time Salva delivered a load of reeds, he would pause for a few moments to admire the skills of the boat- builders. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pauses, then asks, “Does this kind of stuff—you know, racial stuff—ever happen to you?” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

He paused, like he’d used up all his energy saying that much. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The man paused and gave me half a nod, as if to say, Nice try. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

The old man paused, holding the rope and bottle of wine, then shrugged and began to dig around in his packs. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It needed but a moment for her to stoop and pick the lovely thing up, but that brief pause brought him abreast of her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

And we would hint that we were pausing for but a few days and then would be off to even more fabulous places and marvelous experiences. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t pause in her work, nor did she speak. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

When a pause came, Mario said meekly, “My cricket would never do anything like burn up our newsstand.” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back through the vegetable garden he went, and he paused for a moment to smash a green muskmelon with his heel, but he was not happy about it. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Mrs. P. paused near the door, Miss Love said, “Wait a minute and I’ll tell you.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She hears the German climb three or four more stairs and take a brief asthmatic pause. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She has always known how to space her pauses. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just about. Mares are a little more sensitive. Sometimes you have to be there to help the mare. And sometimes if it’s wrong you have to—” he paused. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

But every time they paused the Labrador would shake his head, or scratch frantically with his hind leg, seeking release from the pain. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a long pause; everyone leaned forward, waiting for the father to begin with his usual, "Mami?" How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“We’re just going for a drive. I thought it might be fun”—he paused delicately—“if we got away from school for a while, maybe had some dinner...” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The Grand High Witch paused and glared at the mass of eager faces in the audience. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Thus the fear of that future makes us pause in the present,” he said, leaning on the stone ledge that was cold and slicked with damp. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I pause for a second as John runs to fetch the ball again. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

No hurry now, a stillness everywhere, that same dusty, sleepy pause, the men not talking, no guns firing. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dunstan paused in front of a stall covered with tiny crystal ornaments; he examined the miniature animals, pondering getting one for Daisy Hempstock. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mom and I paused in amazement as we entered the space. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Belet didn't pause but, grabbing his ears, pulled his head down into her knee, delivering a thunderous crack! City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He ran his fingers along the face of it, the knobs like eyes, the row of buttons—play, stop, rewind, pause, fast-forward, eject—like teeth. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

There’s a footstep, a pause, then a crackling like the kind of static on the radio that my brother says comes from outer space, then another pulse, a gasp of air sucked in. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He paused and looked at Meriyn, who turned his head away. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

After being strapped until his skin was raw with welts, he watched in horror as his dad paused and turned the belt around with his big knuckled hands. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I pause, enjoying the praise for a second. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

They paused at every landing, listening for patrols. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He paused and put his hands before his mouth, as if pondering. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He pauses again, but in the dim light, his head turns slightly toward me to reveal the hint of a smile on his lips. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

There was an air of holiday that hardly paused for a blessing over the food and that erupted full blast before the echo of the “amen” died. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Ma pauses to give me a chance to say something, but I’m speechless, so she goes on. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

He paused and then kicked the boards aside. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a pause, and all eyes refocused up the track. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I beg pardon, I thought...” and there she paused diplomatically. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ekman went back to the pause and froze the tape. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Mr. Ray paused for a second, and I could tell by how tight his face was that he was disappointed by the news. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Mina has a way of talking so that sentences come out in a ripple, without pausing to take breaths. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Franz had purchased a video camera before the trip, and he paused now and then along the way to record the sights. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was another one of those long pauses because the world still hadn’t let out its breath. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Without another moment’s pause she tucked it into her bag, relishing its new weight. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Linda paused again, but there was a gentleness between her words. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I pause because I’m suddenly and stupidly aware that I don’t exactly know where I’m going. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

She paused for a long time before answering. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He paused, and something crashed to the floor nearby. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He paused, and a hard edge had crept into his voice when he spoke again. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He kept pausing, as though he lacked the strength to uncover the meaning beneath the text. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He asked them: Would you pause to text while driving to the basket? A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I paused on the first-floor landing and looked over the rail just as Tommy came out of the billiards room with thunderous footsteps. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pauses at a page that holds a scrap of paper bearing the looping signature of Lainie Burgess, next to a space where an equal-sized piece has been removed, leaving only a bright blank void. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Are you okay?” he said, after a long, derisive pause. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Slowly, very slowly, like two unhurried compass needles, the feet turned towards the right; north, north-east, east, south-east, south, south-south-west; then paused, and, after a few seconds, turned as unhurriedly back towards the left. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dona Ramonita paused and looked at the three of us carefully, making sure that all of us heard what she had to say. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

She paused, and I heard her skirts rusde as she adjusted her position on the stool. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“Looming like the Judgment,” says our mother, pausing to wipe her damp forehead with the back of her hand. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took a sharp left, racing forward, blowing through several stop signs without a pause. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Almost a total disembowelment and when it paused I looked up through the trees arched high and cool above me to see a whirling, double-imaged moon. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

At home, room had always been made for her in the conversation; people paused before going on, and looked at her. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the face of Mrs. Van Hopper in the restaurant the day before, her small pig’s eyes darting to the neighbouring table, her fork, heaped high with ravioli, pausing in mid-air. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The psychologist paused in thought and then looked up suddenly. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

But she only paused for a moment, and then she shook the feeling away and set off to find her brother. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The cat still paused by the gate, one paw lifted delicately in the air—undecided, questioning, hesitant; until suddenly, some inner decision reached, he followed the dogs. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment I paused beneath a low, thickly leaved tree, looking down the well-kept doily-shadowed walks past the silent houses. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I get to the end, I pause. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

When the video warns against oversoaking our rags with cleaning fluids, he pauses it to tell me there’s a danger in undersoaking too, especially if it’s going to slow me down. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a long pause, she raised her perfectly coiffed gray head. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

She paused to let the Inspector imagine the horrors that could be visited by a sex-crazed Paravan on three women alone in a house. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She paused to brush back a piece of her hair. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“That’s Filch,” Harry muttered as they hurried up the stairs and paused, out of sight, listening hard. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I paused, lowering my voice a bit, readying myself to yell it out. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Finally, when I had finished detailing my cluttered room at home, he paused instead of responding with another question. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He pauses in his peeling to ask us questions about everything in the world and the boy with the best answers wins. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I paused, and then added, “I mean, twelve seems old enough to watch a movie with only my friends.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Now and then she paused and looked at him, blinking back her tears. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He paused beside a pillar, before the tomb of a long- dead Stark. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She pauses and looks at all the sets of eyes on her. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

There’s another pause as the truth starts to show itself. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Donovan’s voice was muffled, with pauses for mastication, “He’s gathering data on electronic stream functions. We’re heading for a storm, looks like.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

After a pause, he smiled and turned to show me the way. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Sassur paused to drop coins into their cups, for the giving of alms brings one much credit with the gods. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I paused for only a second, but it felt like a very long time. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Rowan avoided everyone and tried to go straight to his room, but on his way he heard something that gave him pause. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Lupin paused and then said, “It was Greyback who bit me.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“All the same,” he went on, after a little pause, “I still rather wish it had all ended differently.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You believe he is not?” he counters after a significant pause. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Francesca paused to address the cats, who were yanking her in opposite directions. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

When Nina finished translating, there was a long pause. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“It is some secret errand for the king, which if they perform well”—she paused, waiting for me to look up. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

And I kept talking, with pauses, “He had to be black . . . because he was a Hebrew . . . and the original Hebrews were black. . . weren’t they?” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pauses, and the air sounds violent between us. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Her stepmother paused on the bottom step, her lip curled. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a brief pause, I replied through the intercom. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Gaheris answered with some difficulty, after a long pause: They were at hunting a unicorn.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stood and went to my room, pausing to take a last look at my father, who was inhaling deeply, readying himself to deliver a lengthy lecture. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

While Harry paused to examine the wares in the bazaar, Bailey rushed ahead to squeal in delight at a procession of saddled camels. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Boys who felt the evening wind on their damp faces paused to enjoy the freshness of it and then found they were exhausted. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

He paused to look at them, then as if the effort was too much, he began to walk toward the stairs, his head bent in defeat. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paused and then said, “It’ll be my pleasure to have you play at my ranch. Maybe you can educate us about the reality we whites don’t know but should know.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

At one point she paused, gripping the chicken with both hands, and stared out the window. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

But Locke pauses by the boy, bending down to help him to his feet. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She paused in the entrance to the drawing room and observed that the chocolate-smeared cocktail glasses had yet to be cleared away, and that the doors into the garden still stood open. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I was at ... eejit pens,” Matt said, and paused to let the pain in his throat subside. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pause, and then slip beneath the seats. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

And in that pause, I hear a voice. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

After a while he said, “Yes,” and then paused again. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

As it plays, I watch David’s lips mouth the words, every pause, every word, perfectly in time with Arnold Lobel’s voice. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The crowds swarmed onto the roads once again, pausing to clean out Caesar’s restaurant of every morsel of food well before the dinner hour. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paused briefly with the axe in the air; then he turned again, bringing the axe down. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

William and Jacob paused, their spoons aloft, and looked uncertainly at the old man. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Mr. Muse looked me in the eyes and after a long pause said, “I see.” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

The pause was only long enough for them to understand what an enormity the downward stroke would be. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Henry pauses, takes a sip of his tea, and places it on the nightstand. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“It’ll be okay,” she said, giving my arm a squeeze, and then she left, pausing in the door for a sorrowful backwards glance. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

After a pause, he said politely, “Er—you lost your tail?” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How much do I know about what?” he asks after the pause has gone on too long. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She paused, her hand still resting on my arm. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Rex pauses to rub his mangy coat against the bars at the front of the cage. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“The thing is, you can never tell if you have bad breath or not. So the thing is”—she paused—“I want you to check it for me.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

A pause as she listened and then she held the receiver up to Rick. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Jake pauses, waiting for David to leave before he takes my elbow and directs me back through the main dining hall and outdoors. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Daddy pauses and looks around my room like he’s trying to find what he wants to say hidden somewhere. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

When the weather was warmer I sometimes paused beneath the juniper tree and looked at the stained ground. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Together they watched as Redemption paused in the hallway, looking down toward his parents’ room. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

We paused the movie when Grandma delivered the brownies. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He paused again and lifted from the table the brick with which Bigger had battered Bessie in the abandoned building. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

A moment later, I paused to take another photo, this one looking down the Southeast Ridge, the route we had ascended. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

But he paused for half a second, as though Lazlo had earned this single, grudging syllable, and said, grimly, “No.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

There was a pause while he waited for me to give my name, but I didn’t. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She paused, as if she were trying to think of the right words. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Gabe. Listen to me! We dorit have much time. This is not a wild made-up thing. This is real She remembers you. She remembers me. She—” Jonas paused and took a deep breath. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

There was a pause while everyone checked to see who had spoken, then someone asked which text the line was from, and the conversation moved forward. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

At the edge of the woods, before we turned onto El Indio Highway, I paused at the stop sign long enough to turn around to look at the twins. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

If he paused to yank it out someone might jump him from behind or cut him down with a sword at the moment he bent over. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Go get Pop!” he yelled, followed by a long pause. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

One of the two principals had fired first; the other had paused for a discreet and noticeable interval, and then he had fired. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

My father drew a breath and paused, his mouth open as if he would continue. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Here she paused, evened out her breath, and readjusted the supplies under her arm. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

At the door of the study I paused, overcome as always by the high shelves packed with books like a library and the dark wood of the walls and jalousies. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Everyone pauses, watching, waiting for her to speak. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

“No,” said Elizabeth heavily, after a long pause. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

She paused, and Fisman spoke up: “No, the real me is the me revealed by my actions. That’s what an economist would say.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The Reverend paused, resting one hand flat on the altar. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to take the patron with me, friends,” he said slowly during a pause in the singing. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paused with his hand on the door handle, having noticed that Mr. Curtain wasn’t in the car. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He pauses for a moment, and my eyes flutter open, and he smiles, so I smile back. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Santa paused to give the snapshot a moist kiss. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took the slip of paper Obie handed him and read the instructions without pausing. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew—as he knew—that it was a stand-up fight with death, and in a pause told him so. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Now, while she was listening for the doorbell, she made a final tour, pausing to dispose of a speck of lint or alter an arrangement of Christmas poinsettias. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I paused then, in my meditation, to pray that Papa would never find out that Papa-Nnukwu had visited and that I had shared a room with him. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“This is Fina,” I say, pausing as we reach the lawn of the village hall. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

She paused then lashed out at her enemies, all of them. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thought of my brother made me pause. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The constable paused to light a cigar, and went on cheerfully: “What you got planned for that piece of Foster land? Going to clear her? Put up a house, or a store, maybe?” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

By midday, she was halfway there and paused to shelter for a while under the shade of a thorn tree. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

She pauses as she puts on her coat, looking at the books scattered across the desk. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

But even before Ruth paused, almost as I was still speaking, Tommy made a sudden laughing noise, a kind of explosion, a noise I’d never heard him make before. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some paused to read the words written on the banners. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I paused to take a bite of the corn muffin on my plate. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He paused after he had gone a few feet and said, “Cover me.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paused a moment in the doorway and grumbled to the guard, “Much good it will do to put ’em up. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pause, and then blurt out, “I’m sorry about lying to you. I hadn’t dropped off Ziggy that night. He was already lost, but I panicked when you asked me about him.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was an interesting story if someone else told it, Hannah thought, but Grandpa Will had a voice that buzzed like the plague of locusts, and he made sour lessons at every pause. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paused to light a Benson & Hedges and cleared some of the phlegm of English history from his throat. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He told her everything, only pausing to catch his breath when it felt like too much. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The woman saw him and paused; she turned abruptly and ran across the street. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He paused when he opened the door, his hand still upon the knob. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The man left an awkward pause in the air. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know why you came back to me. But I want to say this . He paused, and his voice choked. “ Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pauses at the only fact he deems relevant: that this girl now left in his custody is, obviously, his own daughter and that her name is Celia. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“C’mon,” Tam says, breaking the pause, “let’s get to some feasting.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Dripping with butterbeer and crouching out of sight, Harry clutched his empty tankard and watched the teachers’ and Fudge’s feet move toward the bar, pause, then turn and walk right toward him. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I didn’t even pause to read my response before clicking send. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

He paused to chew the end of his cigar. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

I paused and pressed the back of the pen against my chin. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

She started unzipping zippers and digging through pockets, pausing only to tell me how bad I looked and how she had something that would make me feel better. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

If that’s identification, if that places these men at that scene”—he paused a moment, then shouted each word—“then none of us are safe!” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

There was an odd pause, and then he said, “So do you feel like you’re starting to get a better handle on who your grandpa was, being here?” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

There was a brief pause, then joy burst forth and rang throughout the brownstone. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“It will do,” said the peregrine kindly, after one of her dreadful pauses. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

We paused a moment to marvel at how the rising rim of gold sun silently announced itself by illuminating the sky with brilliant, broad streaks of pink, purple, and orange. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

The pigeon paused, then said, “Though such an illustrious name should not be uttered by a child, you may call me Subala.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He paused before they entered the front hall and said, "We are glad you have come, Mrs. Olinski." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

He paused, then lifted the boy, who kept slipping, and forced himself to move, knowing he had to go somewhere, anywhere now, no matter what, or where. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

T Ihat night, after I had weighed my fseces and recorded their mass in the book which I had been given for that purpose, I paused; I set down the chamber-pot and replaced the lid. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I pause for a moment, thinking maybe I should just end it there, but then Suesetta nudges me and the words just come right out like they needed the push. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

When she asked after my latest assignment I answered that it was sensitive and evolving but going well, and after a pause Lelia said down to her cold plate, Oh good, it’s the Henryspeak. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pauses to let a lion’s den cross in front of him and then continues past a group of men struggling with a rolled canvas. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

There came a pause, a hiatus, the pig continued to scream and the creepers to jerk, and the blade continued to flash at the end of a bony arm. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

When we reach the foot of the bridge, Phil pauses, sweeping his hand over the vista as he talks about the vision of Taro Otsuka, Fabyan’s private gardener who designed this place. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Dad pauses his rant and holds up his hands. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

He paused, letting the drama grow in the silence of the kitchen. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He again paused: there seemed a reluctance to continue. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I’ll get you a pair of shoes,” he said, then paused, rubbing her arm. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

He paused momentarily for breath, then began again. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

He said, ‘I’m not frightened of much,’ Hooper paused, looking into his face, trying to make up his mind if this was the truth. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

When he had satisfied them he paused and looked round. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

There was a pause and some movement in the hay and then Clover replied, “Yes, let us out.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paused for a moment outside the office building, prayed to Christ for strength and mercy, then straightened his tie and walked in. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

There was a pause on Obinze’s end—something hesitant?—which made her regret her rashness. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The matron’s footsteps clack-clacked up the marble hall, paused, and then turned with a squeak and headed away again. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He paused, then added, “He didn’t know that was exactly what I hoped to hear. I’m not interested in girls that are too nice.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Vonetta couldn’t get the story out fast enough, throwing in every pause, hand motion, and “No sir!” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Fadi paused at the intersection of two halls and waited for a group of guys in sport jerseys to walk by. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

He paused to take a drink, and as he turned his head I saw a golden set of pipes hanging from his ear. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There’s a long pause before Henry says, “Hang on. Bea, can l have a minute? Hush. Yes, you can take the biscuits. All right, I’m listening.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I open my mouth to explain and then pause. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“Almost there,” he murmured, pausing to wipe the palms of his hands. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Let it be recorded,” he said formally, “that Kvothe, son of—” He paused and then looked at me inquiringly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Don’t call her that, Ron,” snapped Ginny, pausing behind Harry on her way to join friends. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He paused for a moment when I handed him mine. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He paused, hands on her shoulders, and looked at her, a question in his eyes. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The gurgling began to surface, growing louder and deeper, with fewer pauses in between. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

She braced the palm of one hand on the table to balance herself as she paused for a long moment to think. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just as I was about to take my first solemn sip, the announcer said, “We pause, now, for station identification.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I notice the pause Lauren takes at the weight room, waving pointedly at Jeremy, who takes a step out to exchange a few words with her before she rejoins the jogging herd. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Here Noodles paused and looked me right in the eye. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

He paused, as if expecting a laugh, but none came. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He paused, his sulking ire turning to melancholy, and frowned irritably as though it were all Yossarian’s fault. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

What is leave?—A pause that only makes everything after it so much worse. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paused and added with a grin, “Miracles for breakfast.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Abruptly, they all paused, holding their clothes in their hands, their attention caught by a light tapping in the thinly plastered walls of the room. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He paused for a sec, got a look on his face like he was thinking. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Before that time I covered a good distance, pausing only when it was necessary to dip water from the canoe. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he paused, and he turned around and looked at Charlie with a most serious expression on his face. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

A long pause followed in which no one exhaled. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Dimple paused, thinking, her eyes bright and sparking as she worked. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Only when we drew closer to the village itself did he pause and scrutinize what lay ahead. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

I asked her how she thought it went, and she paused. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Stella paused and smoothed his bushy hair, trying to figure out the best way to answer. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Which was probably untrue, but it gave the guards pause. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The Trunchbull paused to wipe a fleck of froth from her lips. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then I pause to look around the apartment. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He reached the back corner of the aquarium and paused there, one hand against the glass. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

If, as seems likely, it is a hundred or more light years away, there are going to be some very long pauses. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a pause, she threw her arm back and spun in a circle with the blade in hand. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Ranofer was up in a moment and after him, pausing only long enough to assure himself of a safe margin of distance between them. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Ben turned and walked toward the stairs, pausing on the landing. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pauses and the Noise is there, of course, like it always is, his and mine and Viola’s silence only making it louder. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He pauses dramatically, his expression changing to that of a child about to reveal a very big secret. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I paused, looking over my shoulder to make certain I was alone. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

There is a pause that lasts almost an entire night, that for Scheherazade feels like the rest of her lifetime. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I pause at the center and smile big and let my eyes dance. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then there was a pause punctuated by gasps from the famous voice as the newspaper article was clearly being read and digested. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I must have paused a little to form my next phrase, for Mr Cardinal gave a sigh and said: 'I'm only too aware of that, Stevens. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

There was a long pause in which Pecola and I thought this over. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

I paused for a moment and leaned against a wooden column, but I knew very well that I couldn't go inside that door. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He paused and noticed all the other guys looking at him with a side eye. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I sniff, and pause because even though I’m angry, that feels wrong. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

My sister paused for a second and a look of panic flashed briefly across her face. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

After a pause, she said grudgingly, “Yes. I suppose I’ll have a caramel brownie.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Jimmy paused a full five seconds after he said it. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Did you know seventy-eight percent of the winners of the talent show have also gone on to win Insomnia Con?” she said, pausing the laptop to adjust her headband. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Kate took out a stick of gum and said, “I’m in,” without even pausing to consider. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Without a pause I rushed up to the east window, and scrambled down the wall, as before, into the Count’s room. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

‘We have all been scared,’ said Pippin after a pause, in which Frodo stared at the fire and did not speak. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

There’s a long pause, and then she says, “Give me a ring, OK? And come straight home, Rach, don’t go to the pub.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pause just past the threshold, waiting for my eyes to adjust. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He paused and looked around to see if there were any white people within hearing distance. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a pause while they tried to think of a way around the problem. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The woman in black paused, her arm drawn back. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

After several rings there was a pause, followed by Thomas’s familiar voicemail greeting. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

He paused, pulled on his long black coat, which had hung in the front hall, incongruous beside Mr. Frost’s tweed jacket and fawn mackintosh. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Without pausing to think, he did the only thing that made sense — he flung himself forward into the water. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He pauses and speaks real slowly, “I have been young and now I am old. We have come a long way as a people.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Then, after a pause, “Of course, darling, we should do that.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She pauses, then says, "Are you going to be okay about all this, Bobby?" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“In addition to being quite social, however, you appear to be a gifted artist. Your portraits are”—she paused, rotating the drawing—“captivating. They show a depth of emotion well beyond your years.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I pause again, and the words jumble together in my head. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Shan paused to exchange the leg on the table, leaning in to grasp her foot. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I use my real last name, pausing a moment as I think of the lengths to which Papa went to avoid it. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She paused in knocking her egg against the counter to break it and waved at him. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

The long pauses gave me too much time to think. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

As they pressed on over the curves and hills, Kaiserman saw something that gave him greater pause. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“The trial,” I start to say, looking over at Barb and holding up my hand to pause the conversation as I cough up a wad of mucus. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

There were pauses between the moves, long, chess-like pauses, while each man watched, and thought. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

He pauses, then says, “After the wedding, we can go get your things. You can live with us.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Combinations fly through my mind until one of them makes me pause. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

She paused, thinking of their lonely house on top of the hill, her basement bedroom, her parents’ insular lives. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

When it was finished, when the pause had been politely respected as the frontier of the story, Billy Buck stood up and stretched and hitched his trousers. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

She paused after fifteen paces; they would stop here for ten seconds, in front of a Turk-owned deli, enough time for Kwang to make a comment about ethnic fellowship and shake the proprietor’s hand. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She paused and then asked, “How is your father these days?” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

It was strange to pause before a crowded newsstand and buy a newspaper without having to wait until a white man was served. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” she said, when I paused, “it all happened very suddenly, as you say. But of course we were all delighted, my dear, and I do hope you will be happy.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He paused, puffed on his cigarette, and struggled with a cough. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“He’s the butt of humor now. He’d been at the end of his career even before”—here he paused—“the incident in Tennessee.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He led the way, never pausing or looking back. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He pauses a few beats longer and then says, “All right, Camel. If you’re vouching for him, I reckon that’s good enough for me.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I stepped through the open door, pausing on the walkway to take another deep breath. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I pause a few seconds longer, and then take his hand. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I paused for a few seconds to take in the gloriousness. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The pastor paused his stride and dabbed his white hankie at his brow. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

In another, older box he came upon another photo, sepia-toned and in a rickety frame, and paused. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

She gathered herself and typed again, and again the answers zipped into being with no discernible pause. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he passed, a gust of icy air flew out and clawed at them, but he walked by, muttering, without pause. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“We’d better shut them away again before the men arrive tomorrow...to put up the tent for the wedding,” she explained, pausing to lean against the henhouse. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

And still, on the summit of that hill he paused. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

And before the thunder followed, in a pause while wind and rain held back for one brief moment, she thought she heard, fading in the distance, the tinkling little melody of the music box. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the doorway, Kendra paused and let out a small shriek. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

For a moment he paused and then cried out, high-pitched, enraged. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

And then, after what felt like a practiced pause, he added, “But I saved mine.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

In the doorway, he paused to draw in the cool air—it smelled of wood and hay and linseed oil and varnish. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Just before she slipped into a fringe of ferns at the wood’s edge, she paused to glance at him over her shoulder. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He paused some more and cleared his throat again. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

A roach scurried over the cabinet, paused, then scurried back into the wall. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

"They will. They'll try to spoil things we do. So the watchers at the gate must be careful. And then-" The chief paused. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Some of the Death Eaters he passed in silence, but he paused before others and spoke to them. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“I have a plane to catch,” he said, pausing for a second. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I started to go back into the house when a thought made me pause. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

He sees the intent in my expression, pauses, spits the nails, drops his tool belt, and comes toward me. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

A rifle protruded from the young man’s backpack, but he looked friendly enough; a hitchhiker with a Remington semiautomatic isn’t the sort of thing that gives motorists pause in the forty-ninth state. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But his hands didn’t pause as they softly moved to my shoulders, and then stopped. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Mong paused and turned to look at me over his shoulder. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Well,” I say after a long pause, “you let me worry about that. We’re in this together, whether you like it or not.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He pauses, then licks his bottom lip again. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

As this point sunk in, I paused on the path, waited for Ruth and Tommy to catch up, and put my arm around Ruth’s shoulders. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whir, pause, kachung, went the robot as it delivered another paper. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“This is a regular honeymoon paradise, isn’t it? Did you ever see such roses?” asked Amy, pausing on the terrace to enjoy the view, and a luxurious whiff of perfume that came wandering by. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were just about to cast loose when their guide paused, boat-hook in hand. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Perhaps he hoped for an answer this time, or perhaps he merely paused for emphasis, since he got no answer. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

And everytime I paused to rest, the outrage revived and I went off again. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She limped through the darkening market, pausing beside a tent from which music and applause could be heard, and from which light spilled like warm, golden honey. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, they would pause briefly to murmur a few words to each other and then hasten onward. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

When Ivy was ready to add a body, she paused. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“My friends,” he said, after a moment’s pause, “will carry on without me, I am sure.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

At the weaving shed, Kira paused, greeted the women, and asked about Matt. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girl pauses, then continues, "Anyway. You better get going." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

She worked at this task all day, pausing only to wipe her forehead of the beads of moisture that sprang from the hard work she was doing. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Even Mariam, who’d been busy scraping out the last of the honey from a metal tin, paused to stare at her father. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

You hesitate before you exit, pausing to watch the intricate, dancing clock as it ticks down the seconds, pieces moving seamlessly. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Fadi paused next to a burned-out car for the others to catch up. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“How do you do, Miss——?” Michael paused, wondering which of the large ladies was which. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

“What in the world took you so long?” the man asked, not even pausing long enough to shoot Mark a glance. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“O—kay,” he said, making sure he paused in the middle of the word to sniffle again. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He paused, then said, “Not girlfriends. I meant girl—BIG SPACE—friends. Girls that happen to be friends. I mean, friends that happen to be girls.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The man paused, seeming to search his mind for the right words of description. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

She remembered them all, and she knew just when to pause to give the words their best effect. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Ned paused at the foot of the stair and pulled on his gloves. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

But her quarry, who had paused and looked back at the flash of light, was already scrambling up the bank the fox had just fallen down. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

There was a long pause and the room became so silent that the two girls hardly dared to breathe. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

A long pause until finally I blurt out, “Did you have something to do with Mr. K and a news station contest?” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

The gruff voice was gruffer than ever, as the old gentleman said abruptly, after the dreadful pause, “So you’re not afraid of me, hey?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was ironing and she paused and looked at me with tears in her eyes. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paused and looked closely at the slouching figure. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She paused outside the phone box to admire the huge cumulus clouds piled against a pale blue sky. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

After that, I continue on my slow-motion journey, pausing again only when I get to the bus stop. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Then he paused, as if on the verge of adding something. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Jay paused like he was going to say something more, but changed his mind. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He paused when Kira came into the room, carrying a cup of tea. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He paused for a moment and peered at the figure on the platform. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

He pauses, waiting until I return his gaze; maybe he wants to know that I’m reassured by his presence, that I know he takes this seriously. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

After a moment Denna returned from her brief trip into the trees, pausing to pick up the blanket we’d left below. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Sula looked up and without a second’s pause followed Nel’s example of leaving out die greeting when she spoke. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Padva, pausing to admire one in ivory satin delicately covered with black velvet fretwork, like wrought iron in long scrolling lines and curves. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Aunt Lydia allowed herself one of her pauses. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I paused beside the girls door and looked through the window to see if Mrs. Singer was there. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He always started out slow, with lots of pauses. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I’m sure the school had psychologists come in loaded with handouts, telling you what to look for in students who might be considering… Another pause. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He walked to the door and paused, his back to them. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The man paused by the rail, looking down into the water, but there was only the murmuring of waves on the hull. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Just saying their name made his mouth feel funny, and he paused and waited until he could talk again. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He pauses, and in that silence, all I hear is Taryn’s hitched breath. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The elevator comes to a slight pause and then begins to move laterally to the left. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

On they walked, and Calvin never broke his stride for anything except an occasional shout and an occasional pause to listen to the sound that came back. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pause from picking up my purse and give this Warren a second look. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He paused, perhaps waiting for me to explain. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Father paused before answering: “No, I don’t think it’s wrong. But Anne, when you’re living so close together, as we do, you have to be careful.” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Cook pauses again, her face growing pinched and pale. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Moreau pauses to drink from his goblet, letting the blood drip down his chin. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Then, after a long pause or a shorter one, they would say, “Oh, okay, never mind.” Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

When we told Mom and Dad about our reading groups, we paused before the word “gifted,” clasping our hands beneath our chins, fluttering our eyelids, and pretending to look angelic. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I pause and then ask, “What about Malia’s ballet classes? Does she have to quit those, too?” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

She paused and then said, “Anyway, when Marcus was later accused of the crime, the prosecutors told that story, used it against him. They said he had a violent past.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

That last part was true, and it seemed to give Antinous pause. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

After a long pause, he announced in a solemn tone, “I am also a member of the ANC.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I paused there, seeing my mom’s face fall, and we hugged for a while. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He then paused, as if something had just occurred to him. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nailer paused in his collections and watched as it carved across the blue water. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Nico pauses after each sentence, as if to check that I’m still listening. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

But he did not pause to admire it, and turning aside he followed his master through the narrow doorway in the wall of the cave. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Ben and I figured it was Radar, so we paused the game and walked out into the living room. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The Xi stopped only to allow their human charges to relieve themselves, and they would have continued without further pause until Con insisted that they be allowed to rest their horses and to eat. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

We pause before we slip out of the park and onto the sidewalk. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Root paused to make certain his wishes were being respected. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Ash paused, still holding the soup tureen, and stared at her stepmother in surprise. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The crowd--it was now a crowd--stepped back involuntarily and when the door had opened wide there was a ghostly pause. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

We loved them dearly, and the image of those days still makes my heart pause in its beating. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paused outside the door for an instant. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Ben came over after dinner and we played Resurrection, pausing every half hour or so to call Radar, who was on a date with Angela. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

She paused for a while, and I turned my gaze back out to the poplar trees down in the distance. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Step, flick, pause...step, flick, pause….There was an expression on its face of such great disgust that I laughed. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Whenever he paused to take a breath, the people screamed and waved their arms. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

They paused at the edge of the street. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

‘And yet even I, Dwarf of many journeys, and not the least hardy of my folk, cannot run all the way to Isengard without any pause,’ said Gimli. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The robot awaited only the vitalizing flash of high-voltage electricity, and Powell paused with his hand on the switch. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Mr. Dimming said slowly, “The six members of the championship Spaulding Street Elementary School quiz team are . . He paused. I thought Connor was going to throw something at him. “ Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Mom pauses again, but I'm probably the only one who notices it. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

How did he achieve such sheer shade without so much as a pause or a fingerprint? Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

She paused long enough for Jamie to begin to get impatient, but just begin. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Obinze opened the door and stood aside for the others to go ahead, into the sterile hallway, where they paused to get their bearings, to be sure which way to go towards the register office. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

After a long pause, he nodded and looked away, like he knew I wasn’t just talking about the movie. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Macon paused again and touched his cut lip as though that were where the pain that showed in his eyes was coming from. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chrissie paused and looked at each of us, maybe for dramatic effect, maybe to check us for signs of recognition. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paused; started to speak but thought better of it; shook his head. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

There was a momentary pause, while I stood stricken, waiting for his answer. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He paused, and I thought perhaps the connection had failed. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Teresa paused, then said something that made no sense. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

There is a big pause filled with pure unhappiness. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

At that, Moss reached over and paused the game, fixing Javier with a searing look. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

There was a long pause as he cracked his knuckles one at a time. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And when Jan did speak his voice was low and there were long pauses between the words; it seemed to Bigger that he was listening to a man talk to himself. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

We were right about what he would intend to do: that he would not even pause for breath before undertaking to restore his house and plantation as near as possible to what it had been. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paused long enough to let down the hood into its proper shape. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Sass paused only to buy two palm leaf fans, giving me one. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

The rain and wind paused, and an acrid smell like burning wire filled the air. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

One time, after Schindler had paused to talk to me at my workstation, he ordered the person who drew up the work schedule to transfer me to the day shift. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Amari started to reply, but a noise from behind them made her pause. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walk to the supermarket to pick up the Sunday paper, pausing to apply for a job while I’m there. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pause and turn to a bewildered man in a bunk. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

There was a pause, then the line went dead. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

She was standing disconsolately near the hot dog stand watching other children stuff themselves when a man paused to speak to her. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I hereby convey to the bearer of this paper the services of my former apprentice—" The man paused. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

He paused in his efforts and looked at Flora in an apologetic and hopeful way, and then he returned to wobbling back and forth. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

I pause at the landing and look out the window because in the seconds that have passed I'm sure I must be imagining this. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I slunk toward my bed, paused at my dresser, and stared at the altered photo from the day at the Kennedy Space Center. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

She paused, looking thoughtfully at Calder’s enthusiastic grin. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

He paused reflectively and warmly paid tribute to my father, while placing my father’s life in its proper perspective: “It is a miracle, really, if you think about it!” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

And in the darkness—the movie, paused, making it seem like this moment could last forever—they kissed, undressing each other with fumbling hands. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

There was a pause while the others considered this interesting proposal. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Ralph and Jack looked at each other while society paused about them. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

He paused playing his violin and told me, “Tchaikovsky.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

He paused and looked carefully at me again. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

She paused for a moment as if considering whether or not to tell them something. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Mark took the canteen, paused to steady his hands, then brought it up and tipped the spout over his bottom lip. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

She did look at him then, and his hand paused. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

After another gas run and pause for lunch seventeen miles outside of Dallas—at least according to the sign they’ve just passed—they push on. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

She paused for a moment beside the hanging box where Coyotito lay, then for a second she was black in the doorway, and then she was gone. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

She paused to act out an impression of me, eyes wide and mouth hanging open. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

She herself did nothing to help but rather talked on the phone, occasionally pausing to yell, "That's very collectible," or "Be careful with the fish, I'm pretty sure the female is pregnant." Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

You say “Maybe some shiny pebbles,” then you pause a while and say “Let me think.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She pauses, drifts back over to her slice of pizza. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“My heart is a traitor,” the boy said to the alchemist, when they had paused to rest the horses. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reached a hand out but paused just before I touched her. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She lets her words pause to keep us listening. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

At 25,900 feet, I paused on the crest of the Spur to drink some water and take in the view. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

He paused and lit an already lit cigarette. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth quietly answered “Undoubtedly;” and after an awkward pause, they returned to the rest of the family. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

There is a prolonged pause, each waiting to see how forthcoming the other is. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Now, as she was about to thread her needle, she paused. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

He pauses for a moment, pressing his forehead to her massive stone one, before rising above her. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The slinking yellow dog paused to turn and bare its broken brown teeth at Omakayas, but she crossed her eyes at him and couldn’t have cared less. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

There was another long pause and some mumbling. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paused, when he saw he hadn’t convinced me. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Bon pauses and looks at Henry; now he can see Henry’s face. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reached for her door handle, then paused and swiveled round to look at Fang. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

"I can't imagine what became of my silver cross," she said, fingering the gold-link necklace under her mink stole as she paused to appraise the big house. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dipped his pen, paused and stared into space, dipped his pen again, and then wrote in his old-fashioned hand, The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

He slowed a bit, wavering off to the side, nearer to the trees, reaching out to lean against a birch as he paused. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Another pause, a very long one this time. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I see what you mean,” he mumbled, then paused a moment to think something over. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the meager fluid bathed his tongue, he stopped, paused, and then swallowed. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

As I approach the third-floor door, I tear the ID tag off my necklace and pause long enough to swipe it against the door's reader. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Of all the commandments, number ten gives me the greatest pause for thought. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

‘No, I will not take it off you,’ said Frodo, ‘not unless’ — he paused a moment in thought — ‘not unless there is any promise you can make that I can trust.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“Wouldn’t it be fun if all the castles in the air which we make could come true, and we could live in them?” said Jo, after a little pause. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I part my lips to respond, but he leans in, pauses for a second, and pushes my words away when his mouth meets mine. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The Director pauses to smile into the camera. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

When I didn’t, she paused a moment and then took the plunge. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“Do you like your school?” asked the boy, changing the subject, after a little pause, during which he stared at the fire and Jo looked about her, well pleased. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paused for a moment, perhaps imagining the life of a young New York woman whose phone rings off the hook. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

He paused for a moment, looking at me. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Another pause, more protracted, and then — “Without Harry Potter?” breathed the second voice softly. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Artemis buttoned his designer jacket, pausing at the mirror to straighten his tie. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

He paused to feed more papers to the fire. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You'd see the people from the East pause and take a deep breath," he recalled, "before they crossed the white line because they understood what it meant. Almost everybody did and immediately they were cheered." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

She pauses, waits to see if Axel knows. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She paused, then repeated proudly, “My uncle works in an office.” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

On his way out of the room, he paused in the doorway. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Pilate’s feet appeared on the stone steps, and paused. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a pause while they all watched Ron mumble a little in his sleep. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

After a pause, he brings up another Memory. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He pauses, then nods, blinking behind his glasses. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

There was another pause, longer than the first. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

We were ascending the avenue when he thus paused; the hall was before us. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Again my uncle paused to stroke his mustache and again I nodded. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Past the display window, at the corner, they paused. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Percy paused at the doorway, trying not to think about Julius Caesar getting slashed to death at a senate meeting. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Erin pauses, and then says, “Is that why Coach picked you to help Russ?” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you happen to see her, could you tell her ...” I paused, trying to think of how I could describe what had happened. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Fadi paused and finally mumbled, “I really need to win that trip.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Somehow their brains didn’t jibe well, and there would be long awkward pauses after Francis had thrashed through the merits of a given hypothesis. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

He paused for a second and then added defiantly, “I deserted, you know; I up and left ol’ Abe’s Army of the United States.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paused every few feet to check a door, hoping to find one unlocked. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She pauses for a moment before adding, “Though perhaps he is better known as Prospero the Enchanter.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She paused for a moment on the thick branch of a tree that she could not identify. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

And so over the course of the next hour, Colin shot the holy living hell out of the oak trees before him, pausing only to reload the gun and call his parents. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

She paused at the invention table, surveying its gears and wires and wood and glass and books with intricate diagrams and instructions. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

More or less reflexively, he dropped into his equations something called the cosmological constant, which arbitrarily counterbalanced the effects of gravity, serving as a kind of mathematical pause button. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, they paused to peer down into the chasm they’d climbed up. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

"Me too. My mother used to sell them," I said after an uncertain pause. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Kendra paused at the threshold of the church and looked back. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“God’s not buying a horse today, I am. The thin Cealdish man paused to collect his thoughts. “ The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Ruthanne leaned back again, leaving a sufficient pause for the night sounds of the forest to fill in. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The system paused for what seemed like a very long time. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Within minutes there were racecourses and grandstands, side shows and refreshment booths, gaming fields, Ferris wheels, banners, bunting, and bedlam, almost without pause. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

She paused before adding, “I’m sure she still loves us.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

"Just because somebody zapped the old man doesn't mean he's going to kill again. Dad says . . ." Doug paused. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

The chief paused the backhoe after a few hours, then waved over Abigail. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He pauses his bread before it gets to his mouth. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He paused for a moment as if he expected Digory to say something. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

She paused by the empty loom and waited until a nearby worker had stopped to reset her shuttle. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a pause of a few seconds and then we heard, echoing through the cavern of B-block, the voice of Chilmark bellowing over the PA system. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He extended his hand, and Mother, with only a tiny pause, shook it. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped a few feet away from him, then paused. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Tree-ear paused at the edge of the brush and listened hard one last time. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Then, without pausing, she set out on a dash across the garden as fast as she could run, expecting at any instant to hear the cat’s scream and feel his great claws on her back. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

There was a pause, because Rishi couldn’t think of a single thing to say. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

At one point, I remember, we paused over a snapshot of Ted Lavender, and after a while Jimmy rubbed his eyes and said he’d never forgiven himself for Lavender’s death. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Captain Searle paused, he looked over his shoulder as though one of the servants might hear him. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

A pause ... and then the sound of an impact, a short, explosive breath, and a muttered word in a gruff, low voice. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I paused in the driveway and turned around, ready to get into it, but then realized her words weren’t in attack mode. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

She paused, and then added, “What would your father say if he were here?” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Pong paused with his face peeking up over the side. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He paused to let his point sink in. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

David pauses to offer me a stick of gum. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Ambuya paused dramatically until everyone had turned back to watch her. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tapped his finger on the word soul and paused. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

As always, he allowed the dramatic pause to go on way too long. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

He paused as if to deliberate, watching the hopeful expression on Sela’s face. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He paused to let the weight of his accusation sink in. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a pause at the other end of the line, “b there something wrong?” she finally asked. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pauses, swipes a matchstick on a column. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“I fear oblivion,” he said without a moment’s pause. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

For a brief moment, Jinny paused before she reached for the doorknob. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Then, after a pause, he said, “It’s Guam, Guam.” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

He paused again, and I saw Danny glance at him, then stare down again at his paper plate. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Candice? Are you…” Maybe he saw something in her face—something that Candice didn’t even know was there—because he paused. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

At the door, Father paused, his hand on the knob. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I walked to the car, pausing shyly before opening the door and stepping in. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

As he paused, wondering what was best to be done, Bigwig came up. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paused and reached ahead for the loosened wire, confirming that it was still there, still leading him out to the light. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Reynie had just ended the letter when he heard Sticky rise and move about the room, and then, after a pause, whisper, “Reynie, are you awake?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered why he paused before each sentence, as though he weighed his words. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

When he turned to me with what looked like an entire bumper in his hand, he paused and laughed. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The troll paused, some basic curiosity piqued by the lack of fear. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I paused, thinking of all the wonderful things she’d said—about my imagination and how smart I was—and how she’d encouraged us both. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Something of a stunned pause before Mr. Newton spoke again. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

She paused, as she always did, to say hello, and Bongo, as she always did, said hello back. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

One evening, bone-weary and dragging through the red-clay mud of still another shallow river they had to cross, they paused to search for crayfish or clams. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paused, seeming too weak to go on. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was spooky but Brian began again, pronouncing the names more exactly, pausing between names and figures. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother and Brothers notice, pause, then go on with their day. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Because I could not stop for death he kindly stopped for me, or paused at least to strike a glancing blow with his sky-blue mouth as he passed. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Two hundred and fifty dollars! Are you shi——,” I paused and put on a new voice. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

He paused to look at me for a long time before answering. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

When I asked who had purchased it, he opened his eyes a thought wider, and paused a few seconds before replying:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Don’t make her talk any more now, St. John,” said Diana, as I paused; “she is evidently not yet fit for excitement. Come to the sofa and sit down now, Miss Elliott.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

As if someone had hit the pause button on a video. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Brinker sighed under his breath, his father stiffened, paused, then relaxed with an effort. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a long pause, and slowly Snape regained control of himself, mastered his own breathing. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Until this moment, Jemmy hadn't had a moment's pause for anger. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

The pause in the fighting did not last. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without a pause after the last “BOOM-de-ay,” she burst into a chorus of “I’m Only a Bird in a Gilded Cage” and then sang “It’ll be a HOT time, in the OLD town, to-ni-ight!” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I’m sure he noticed, but he went on without pausing. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Hazel paused a moment, as if she hadn’t already thought about this very carefully. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

As I rounded the smelly clothes pile for a third time, Fig paused and stared at me, unblinking. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Let us pause for a moment and consider the structure of the atom as we know it now. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Grandpa paused what he was doing, stood up straight, and smiled. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Did you know that African people used to have the power”—she paused—“to fly?” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She pauses and then says, “Joyful Dog Walkers.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

A pause, while Fleur’s marks were being shown . . . more clapping. . . then, for the third time, the whistle. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

When no one answered her, she paused on the stair, annoyed. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Still, Ruby pauses for a second, her ears spread wide like tiny sails. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

He would mumble sotto voce, pausing now and then to emit a murmur that students caricatured as “nim-nim-nim.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“Please,” a rich voice answered from the street, pausing to think of some excuse. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I asked Wil and Sim what I could get you as a gift, and it seemed somehow appropriate ” She paused, suddenly shy. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Following Gitl into the bedroom, she paused only a moment, wondering without much hope if the door would transport her back to the Bronx. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Gran seemed to pause now, and looked out over the crowd. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

‘It was something colder. I think it was —’ Then he paused and fell silent. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

When Ophie entered—her shoes wet because she’d poured out the water too fast in her excitement to go to a movie—she paused on the threshold at the twin expressions of Cook and Mama. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

He paused, but Thomas said nothing, dreading the lecture he knew was coming. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

She looked at me, then she spoke rapidly to the little girl in Italian, with a rising inflexion, then a pause, interrogatory. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

She paused, lowered her head and dabbed at her eyes. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I paused for a moment wondering how much he could help me—how much he would help me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The only thing that made him pause were the rumpled clothes Toby had worn just a few days ago. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“I wish I had no heart, it aches so,” sighed Meg, after a pause. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

She paused over it, while Harriet stood anxiously watching for her opinion, with a “Well, well,” and was at last forced to add, “Is it a good letter? or is it too short?” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

“What if he”—Oliver paused dramatically—“killed them?” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“It may be,” he said, after a pause, “that we would be wiser returning to Gwydion. King Morgant and his warriors can lend us their strength.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

After the slightest pause, she traces my features—tentatively, softly, barely grazing my skin. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Reluctantly, she left her room and made her way along the gloomy paneled corridor to the head of the stairs where she paused to listen. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Cole tensed his arm to throw away the stark reminder of his mauling, but paused. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

She paused on tip-toe, turning her head this way and that as though she were looking for someone. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Reb Saunders paused, and I saw two of the old men who were sitting at our table look at each other and nod. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He paused then and looked me straight in the eye. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

The lieutenant paused, thumbing one of the metal bands she wore on her upper arms. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I pause, painfully reminded of what little family I have coming to see me in the pageant. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Well, I knew this, though... but... I knew that. For each one up, it goes that many over. I’m still somewhat confused as to why.. She pauses, squinting at the screen. “I’m getting confused. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The dancers paused, evidently waiting for some acknowledgment or reciprocal gesture, but there was none. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

One eyebrow goes up, but she puts on a polite smile and comes forward as Nico hits pause and quickly stands to greet her. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

When she paused, I asked the only question that mattered: “When am I going to live with my mother again?” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The man paused and puffed on his pipe. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

I raised the sash and stuck my leg out, then paused to listen for Mama. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

She paused long enough to decide that reporting wouldn’t be possible until that afternoon. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Colin sat down on the couch beside his dad and his small hands flipped through the big pages as he read it quickly, pausing only to ask whether “lookin'” was the same as “looking.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

For a moment he read to himself but then his lips began to move and in a moment he read aloud—slowly, pausing at the end of each line. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Termites boiled out of their nests, and Nhamo paused briefly to have a snack. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he paused, perplexed, he found Blackberry at his shoulder. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pearl, who had only seventeen dollars and knew Lexie’s weekly allowance was twenty, paused. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He pauses and rubs his hand across the back of his neck. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Then as they went out he noticed again there was something about their walking together that made him pause and question himself. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Well ...” He paused, and then the rest of the words followed in a rush. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I pause in front of the romance section, where they have a dozen books wrapped in brown paper stamped “Blind Date with a Book.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

After a pause, she knocked again, still more loudly. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Between reality and realization, there was a pause. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

He pauses, making sure everyone is taking this in, and then he says, “All of them.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Often I pause, stock still, motionless, and always for nothing. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

It paused for a full minute before ducking into its hole. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

The pause had become awkward; the congregation shifted uncomfortably. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He paused, and I could see he was really thinking. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Otis paused to pull his poker from the flames and thrust it smoking through the center of the sumac spill he held. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Chronicler let slip a small laugh, though he did not look up from his page or pause in his writing. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“That picture’s enough to drive a body crazy,” she said, dropping the magazine, turning to leave, then pausing at the door. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” he said, and then, after pausing a moment, “but not for many years. I wanted to see if it had changed.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

One little thrush paused and looked at him and crouched, ready to fly. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sauntered back through the dress department, pausing at the rack where she’d found her dress. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Tanasia goes and sits at the other end of the table, on the other side of Spike, who has paused her conversation with Lara about the djembe to raise her eyebrows at me. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The hulking figure slashed down wide swaths of alfalfa at a relentless pace, both scythes hissing and chiming without pause. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I paused for a moment, hating the wave of guilt that swept through me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Halfway down the street, he paused, looked back. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her stepmother paused for a moment in the dark doorway, and Ash thought she could make out a faint smile on the woman’s face. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pause, unable to pass by without listening for his answer. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It's like my life is supposed to be playing, but the VCR is on pause and the screen is blank and maybe the whole rest of the tape is erased. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then after a while, she paused thoughtfully as if remembering something. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Madu paused and spoke to somebody in muffled tones before he came back on the line. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He paused and took three deep draws from tobacco wrapped in brown paper. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

No matter how hard the job assigned to her, she could always pause for a moment in her work and watch the slow drift of the clouds overhead, study the swift flight of the birds. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paused and then answered, “Why not? We supposed you would. But I don’t think there are enough of you, are there, to live very comfortably on your own?” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paused and stared at the floor, nervous and embarrassed. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

He pauses before adding, “I hope that for you and your compatriots as well.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

One moment, Briony was giving patient instructions to Jackson, then she paused, and frowned, as if about to correct herself, and then she was gone. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

They paused in their preparations to watch it climb higher and higher, now black against the rapidly darkening sky, until it vanished over a nearby mountain. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“We got wind of you a while back. Just a whisper of a rumor. I didn’t really expect . . .” Chronicler paused, suddenly awkward. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

My mom paused to give me an excited, worried grin and to wave goodbye. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

There were continual stampings of alarm, pausing, freezing to the spot at the sound of movement real or imagined. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I want you to go on if you pass Standard Six,” my mother said after a long pause. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tall, head forward, eyes fastened on a rock, his arms higher than the pines, his hands holding a melon bigger than the sun, he paused an instant to get his bearing and secure his aim. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Radar paused from counting and looked over at me. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

As they were about to enter the subway, he paused. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She paused, then added, reluctantly: “Of course, she ain’t really what you might call sure. But she ain’t a woman to go around thinking things. She mighty worried.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Ekman paused, then reconstructed that particular sequence of expressions on his face. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Papa Jay crossed the chapel and paused in front of our pew. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It’s a preschooler’s pause, several beats longer than any adult would ever wait for an answer. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pause, not sure what I can say to calm him. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He paused and threw another handful of pistachios into his mouth, and chewed as he talked. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

When I came to the place where the willows arched over a deep pool in the swift-running brook, I paused to tread water. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“So, what may I help you find today, ma’am? We have murder mysteries, romance novels, how-to makeup books, how-to hair books,” she pauses, jerks out a smile, “rose gardening, home decorating—” “I’m just browsing, thanks.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I paused and studied the flecks of rust and paint, how they appeared against the fields and mountains beyond. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

Then he said, “Why did you pause between the first and second shot?” The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

He opens his mouth to say something, then pauses. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Longstreet paused, then he said patiently, “Would you like us to move the whole army out of the way and let you go first?” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She paused, glancing sideways across the kitchen to Mrs Boland, 'before the wedding.’ I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Papi pauses as he walks by, the reddish light illuminating his tense face. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

They were his poetry, the poems inspired by Remedios, which he had taken with him when he left, and those he had written later on during chance pauses in the war. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“She was considering”—and here he paused—“the worship of Allah!” Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

She paused halfway across the yard and stared toward the driveway, shielding her eyes from the sun. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well,” Mike paused, carefully reassessing the situation as he watched our camaraderie. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

But the sheriff pauses and says, “Miss Deveraux, this is no place for you. You should go back to your home. What brings you here?” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

There was a pause after she looked my way, and my heart clenched. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He paused a moment to run a finger along the camera’s sleek, shiny lines—so different from his old beat-up Minolta. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

There’s a brief pause, followed by fork clinking and jaw dropping. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

And we sit there for a long time, like this is all some good song on the radio that we can’t pause. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She paused, and her hands gripped the wooden arms of the chair, grasping them so tightly her knuckles first reddened, then went white. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

I paused, ready to pick up the baby and find its mother, but the little girl met my gaze squarely, ready to do battle, clutching the crying baby around its middle. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He paused again, and I feared he would say she had died. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I heard about your friend,” she says, pausing her handiwork to look at me. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

She paused only for a moment, then jumped from the bank into his arms with a scream. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

My pie fork paused in midair on its way to my mouth. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He paused and glanced up at his parents. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Minya paused to study the quell board, taking her time to move one of her game pieces, and Sarai could tell from Feral’s expression that it was a devastating move. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Finally satisfied with her appearance, she turned to leave the room, then paused and asked, “Do you want me to help you?” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pauses again for a moment, and then a wide compassionate smile stretches across her face. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Other than that, you can”—he paused and flashed a slight grin—“y’know, do your thing.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She pauses at the door to the labs Matthew and his supervisor use, and knocks. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

After a pause her tone became more challenging. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

After a heartbeat’s pause, they all ran at Ivan, shouting his name. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I pause in my sweeping and sit down beside him on the sofa, listening to his words slip out, soft and thoughtful, painting pictures of temples and pyramids. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

A short pause followed this speech, and Mrs. Hurst began again. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

She paused and looked at her reflection in those mirrors, and she could barely recognize herself. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here, however, I sweat without replacement or pause, not in individual drops but in continuous sheets of fluid soaking through my polo shirt, pouring down the backs of my legs. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

His fingertips traced up the length of her arm, and paused to roll the fine silk strap between them. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Many of the single mothers pause at the 2,000-mile-long U.S.-Mexico border before making their final push into el Norte. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Jan paused again and sucked long and hard at his cigarette, blew the smoke out slowly and nervously bit his lips. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I can hear only two rabbits,” answered Blackberry, after a pause, “and one of them sounds exhausted.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paused, taking a second look at the man. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

At any rate, he paused, and then threw the meat into the cell before saying, “Very well. You come with me.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

We only make it a little farther before Ziggy pauses by a bush. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Petra paused to think about seeing herself on a talk show, or having her picture on the front of the Chicago Tribune. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

The brachiosaurus paused to watch them hurry off and hooted sympathetically. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He paused as if expecting Thomas to be impressed. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“And the second . . She paused. “The second is that from now on, you will call me Ajima.” A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

He paused for a moment as if to catch his breath. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paused to look at my mom for confirmation. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the story goes, when he was done birds flew down and pecked away the outlines—a development that gave Alexander pause, until someone suggested that it augured well for the town’s prosperity. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

After a pause, someone fumbled with the latch. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then they reached the house, and paused, looking at each other, waiting. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I pause on a photo of Warren and realize that I forgot to unfollow him. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I paused again to let the meaning of this sink in. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Outside, like punctuation, there’s a flash of lightning; almost no pause and then the thunder. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a pause that stretched on as we stared at each other. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He paused, removed a handkerchief from his pocket, and dabbed it against his glistening brow. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He pauses, holding on to his words like they aren’t quite right in his head yet. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Some of these musical pauses are simply take-a-breath-type pauses, and don't really give an "ending" feeling. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Lexie paused, closing her eyes, trying to feel that spark of life that she’d been so certain was cartwheeling inside her before. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She went down backward, steadying herself on clumps of grass, and at the bottom paused only to wipe her hands on her dress. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

We pause to stare the length of Aleppo Way—the longest stretch of our journey. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a pause and then, “Listen, can I come over?” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Excited, I resumed, continuing to make music while he paused to scoop up his leather balls. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

He paused, then looked closely at the hands of the man who sat before him, and said, “Clean your fingernails, Colonel. They look like they belong to an enlisted man. That’s all.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I paused and curled my legs up underneath me. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He paused and looked toward the open door, for the horses were moving restlessly and the halter chains clinked. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I don’t know,” he said and paused, letting his words sink meaningfully into my mind. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a pause while Lily closed her eyes again and sighed. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I paused the video there and reached for my phone. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

I paused a short while, then went in. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paused, seeming hesitant to say what everyone was thinking. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes I have serious thoughts about running,” he said, pausing now from the eating. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The disappearance of the trees paused and, when the dust settled to a solid haze, there was a flash of yellow in the gap. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

With only a few feet to go, I look up and pause. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

After a moment’s pause, she reaches up and lays her hand on my cheek. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Without pausing she went up and with both hands lifted the lid. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He paused for a moment, his arms still in the air. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm not saying anything, and it's too long a pause, so Dad starts talking again. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Kapasi watched as they crossed paths with a Japanese man and woman, the only other tourists there, who paused for a final photograph, then stepped into a nearby car and drove away. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

When customers pause by the big pile of clothes, Olga madly paws through it, holding up items, hoping something will catch their fancy. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

He paused, waiting for me to make things easy for him, but I wasn’t in a particularly cooperative mood. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He paused as he entered, looked around, and said, with a small smile, “I haven’t poisoned that chocolate, you know....” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“I am surprised you have remained here so long,” said Voldemort after a short pause. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

And it was his silence, his long pause while he digested this information, that filled the hallway and my heart and soul with such a great whooshing pressure that I couldn’t breathe. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I pause outside her dressing tent, not at all sure I want to interrupt. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

We walk another three blocks, then she pauses at the corner and looks left and right. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

After a long pause, her voice came from the other room. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

TJ says when in doubt, pause, smile, and repeat the question before answering it. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He paused, beaming, and I could just tell he was getting ready to lay some impotent elfin wisdom upon me. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She paused only a while in front of the ducks, which honked madly, the down flying as some passer-by bumped into their cages. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got to the part about the Gatumba massacre, and I paused. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I brought the Ford to a halt only a foot or two from the fowl, which in turn ceased its journey, pausing there in the road in front of me. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

At the conclusion of Rogers' evidence there was a pause. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

They seemed to speak cooperatively, and if a sentence was more than a few words long, one would start and the other finish, with no detectable pause between. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Papa, who led the way, paused, looked all around to make sure no one could see us, and headed toward the fence. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

She paused several times as she explained this. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

They leave a few minutes later, grim-faced, pausing to talk to a small group of men. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

A long pause, then, under her breath, “Love you too.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The script is punctuated with excruciatingly long pauses. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Coach paused, swallowed another dose of that bitter air, then continued. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Tool nodded sharply and turned away, but then he paused. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mia’s photograph had been last, and when the class gathered before it, Pauline had paused for a moment, as if taken aback. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The new customer pauses, like he knows he just walked into something. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paused to let me reply, but I remained silent. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Farmer murmured to herself as she flipped through each page, pausing every once in a while to talk about someone from long ago. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The lunch lady pauses, and I think she’s gonna say no, but then she puts an extra roll on my plate and winks. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Fadi paused at the front step to unlace his tennis shoes. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

He paused for a second, chuckled, and added, “You have a lot of work to do!” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

He paused, then continued, “But no matter what the police do to you, the only appropriate response is no response—or a prayerful response.” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

After a pause Van Helsing went on, evidently with an effort:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The exploding vein had given the monsters pause, but it wouldn’t be long before they remembered: Hey, wait, there’s seventy-five gazillion of us, and only two of them. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She paused again, her eyes drifting over to Moss, who nodded to her in encouragement. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

At the Player’s Club, sips of cognac and exhalations of smoke had filled that last difficult pause. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

About an hour later she saw Silver and the pups and paused to watch them chase a lively young buck. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Skunk and Ma paused their conversation and had a good laugh at that. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

I'm almost out the door when I look down and pause. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The mysterious whistles intensified, and High John paused, then began to whistle again. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

As she watched, a troop of ten, their sacks bulging, went past her out the tunnel; they greeted Justin and nodded at her, but they did not pause. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Rani pauses for a second, then leaps up and glares at the men as if she's their queen. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Without pausing to think, Pong tipped the basket and climbed inside. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The troll didn’t even seem to notice the pipe hitting its shoulder, but it heard the yell and paused again, turning its ugly snout toward Ron instead, giving Harry time to run around it. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

She pauses, and then a shy smile crosses her lips. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I paused, surprised that she hadn’t interrupted me yet. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He pauses, and then: “I’m sure she was also getting sick of the fact that I wouldn’t really kiss her.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Arize paused as she removed a translucently pale egg from inside the chicken. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“And yet,” she paused, as if choosing her words, “it’s rather a pleasant feeling, too. As if laughter were running up and down inside me.” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

I paused and looked carefully to see where her spittle had gone, but I saw nothing; her face, obscured by steam, was bent over a big pot. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She talked like a run-on sentence, no pauses or periods. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She paused only to stare more directly at the camera. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He paused at the entrance to the living room. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

At the door he turned, and after a moment’s pause said:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I pause in sorting out the turnaround, and I finally notice her. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

They had a very long way to go still, but they flew without pause except for essential maintenance, and the commander, the Afric King Ogunwe, kept in twice-daily touch with the basalt fortress. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He paused, raised his eyebrows as Toby tensed. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Then after a pause: “It’s just what people say when they’re feeling sorry for themselves. It’s just talk. The guardians never told us anything like that.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hanako paused, considering whether her parents might be mad that she was taking a bath instead of talking at the table. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He lifted the ax to his shoulder and paused. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She paused and gave them a curious smile. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It hurts to speak of Pop, and I pause a long while before going on. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

There was a pause while the animals, left alone, stood or turned in circles uneasily. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

She pauses from recording formulas into her notebook. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

He paused to give emphasis to his understatement. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A faint light leaked through a crack, and he hurled himself up at it, paused, took another breath, and plunged into a large, murky room. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother wrinkles her brows, thinking, pausing, then rings the buzzer again. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The writer paused for a moment to mop his brow and then, since the blackboard was full, erased it completely and continued anew from the top. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Men,” he began his address to the officers, measuring his pauses carefully. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She paused for a moment and then went on. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was only a few months ago that there was finally a pause in the thousands of wars being waged all over the planet. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting on Pumpkin by the gate, he ordered Pollard to rush Seabiscuit into the gate, pause for only an instant, then gallop out. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paused at the word and looked around the table. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I pause, trying to get the words to come out right. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“We believe that the village of Loun-Ariik was attacked and probably burned. Your family . .Uncle paused and looked away. When he looked back again, his face was solemn. “ A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maya paused, then turned back around and sat down at the kitchen island, across from Lauren. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Even when she’s not smoking, she pauses anyway, as if to keep in practice for those moments when she is. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Nya reached the head of the line, she smiled shyly at her uncle, who paused in his work for a moment to smile back at her. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the edge of a small moss-lined streamlet he paused, listening. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Royce paused a moment, staring off into the distance, his face reflective. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I come upon them as I move through sleeping streets to the meadhall, and though I know what they are, I pause and study them, picking at my lip. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I close the door behind me, the game pauses. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

We walked in through the office, hustled through the library, paused briefly to examine the holes in the bedroom wall, and entered the souvenir shop. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

As Barbee paused the silence was so complete that I could hear the power engines far across the campus throbbing the night like an excited pulse. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

All right, he paused on the staircase landing before leading us to our floor, and the kick that was supposed to delight my classmates by just missing the teacher hit him squarely in the backside. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

He was gone the next moment:—after another moment’s pause, Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Then he paused and added a single word that did more to encourage me to pursue writing than any compli­ment any editor has ever paid me. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

An hour later, the two scholars and the flitting icthyod paused again to look backward. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

I paused where I had stood the day before. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I was already heading to the kitchen when he declined, and now I pause, unsure, in the middle of the room. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I pause in the act of rising to study him, his sharp ears and fox-fur hair, the softness of his mouth, his long limbs spread out in sleep. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I pause in front of a shelf, frowning, and kneel down. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

They didn’t even pause to wave or say hello. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He paused to slip another nail from his pocket. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

She paused for Chervil to reply, but he made no answer and did not speak to the does who followed Nelthilta out into the field. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m” — and with only a moment’s pause, the story came to him — “a pizza delivery boy. We have a contest every week, and you two were chosen for a free pizza.” Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paused at a comer by some traffic lights and outside a pub called the Falcon Arms. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

She paused, as though she were remembering events that happened hundreds of years before that time. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

His wife in the TV parlour paused long enough from reading her script to glance up. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry paused to watch them, for the effect was quite mesmerizing. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He paused, waiting for her to chime in. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

He paused for a moment, examining his screen. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thing that impressed Winston in looking back was that the speaker had switched from one line to the other actually in mid-sentence, not only without a pause, but without even breaking the syntax. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

And if the approacher happened to have evil in his heart, that great voice would give him pause if he did not know Charley’s basically pacific and diplomatic nature. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

We didn’t pause that time, just ran, still west. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I pause for a heartbeat, stunned that he actually fell, and then I hear Januka squealing, “Run!” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Tia’s eyes drift over to me and he pauses. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“You ignored everything I said. You told me you knew better. I gave you the benefit of the doubt because I had faith in you, because you’ve proven yourself before, but—” He pauses in frustration. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Yes. Is this the first time he”—he paused—“pursued you?” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She pauses stacking for a moment and sits back on her heels. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Loaded pause, then: “So what are you going to do?” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

The time of in between when it is neither day nor night, when nature seems to pause, to sigh and turn and prepare for another day. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

I paused for a moment, which was more consideration than the question seemed to warrant. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The words flew out of my mouth without pause. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

She threw the cup to the floor, not even pausing to see it break before reaching for another. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“What if—” She paused and rubbed the back of her neck. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can feel them pause curiously at the sound of my voice, listening for more. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

And it does, all night, one dance bleeding into the next, one song becoming another without a pause to catch your breath. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She put a hand out to him quickly when he paused. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was an uncomfortable pause, during winch a black lap dog with a pug nose escaped into the lists and scampered about on some errand best known to itself. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papa pauses and kneels, looking into my eyes. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Aru paused, not wanting to say the word even though it hung over her head: failed. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He pauses while the class cheers for the quiz team. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

There was a pause before Kainene said, “I spend most of the day at the refugee camp. Maybe you can come and see it.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She paused, her bottom lip trembling, then handed the feather to Cole. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He pauses and looks into my eyes, then hands me the towel and the glass of water. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“I allow to get thanks—” he paused and flushed as he looked up at the editor. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two fighters paused, getting ready for a new attack. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the sixth- floor landing, she pauses beneath the chandelier and tries to listen. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

There were no time-outs, and no way for me to pause the game. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He paused and gripped the pamphlets in his black fingers as his mind filled with a cunning idea. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I paused nervously, wondering about my new classmates and my teachers. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a lumbering, shaggy creature pausing at the edge of Woods. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Bigger, doubtful and uncertain, paused as the men ran past him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He paused to brush away a mosquito and rubbed a swash of mud across one side of his face. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

“Thanks. You know I turned seventeen yesterday,” I told him, resting the cigarette lightly on my lips and pausing in the shade of a palm tree so he could light it for me. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slipped off his sandals and walked up the steps, then paused, knowing that he shouldn't disturb his teacher in the middle of his meditation. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

There was a bit of an awkward pause. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She paused and added teasingly, flicking hers over her teeth, “Tongues.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

They paused long enough to let me jump into the front seat while Velia made room for me by quickly crawling into the back with Delia and Pita. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

From deep in the wood, some bird made a screeching sound, and then again, after a pause. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He pauses and draws in a long, shaky breath. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I paused, a forkful of shimmering goo halfway to my mouth, and noticed with passing disbelief that his dessert plate was already empty. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“But what about you?” he asked her, pausing to pluck a flower that he had just willed to grow. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He paused, and he instantly knew that the pause was a mistake. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She wrote the first check and gave it to the teller, and when she returned her attention to her checkbook, she paused. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

She let the nervous energy inside her pool into a ball, but then she paused. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

It was a natural pause and there was applause, but as it burst I realized that the flow of words had stopped. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dallas breathed into Joey’s mouth, paused, breathe again. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Pantalaimon darted ahead, and Lyra gasped and called to him breathlessly, making him pause. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She moves quickly, knowing I'm in a hurry, but then pauses. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She exhaled sharply, then paused for a moment to collect herself. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Miss Kenton paused again and seemed to be deep in thought. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Petey paused and then said, “Because she said she was going to make more garlic bread.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He did not pause, but simply walked out of the house, and hurried up the hill towards the graveyard. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

He paused, looked into the past, nodded to himself. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It paused at Belmont Park in New York while Howard completed a transaction. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She paused, and at that point the rest of us knew exactly what to do. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

There was too long a pause after he said my name. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

The procession pauses, and a gust of wind tears at the torch flames. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I paused on the platform and took in gulps of cool air. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Turtle paused in a pretense of letting the heirs mull over her last words, trying to figure out what to do next. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

She paused in tearing a piece of dark bread away from the loaf and looked up at me quizzically. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Why, yes,” said Henry agreeably, after a pause. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He paused, and Hanako again studied the cracks on the sides of his face. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He opened the conversation like that, without pause or question mark. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

But right outside the entrance of the subway, I pause to text Ben back. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

She paused to blow out a cloud of smoke. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Which is, of course, something to give any normal fainthearted man, and particularly a writing man, pause. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

He followed its gaze to the thing that had given it pause. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Seeing there was no immediate likelihood of a pause. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

He paused for a moment, and the lines grew even deeper on his brow. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he paused and lifted Gabriel down for a brief bit of exercise, running down the road or through a field together in the dark. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

There was a powerful scent of flowers—too powerful—as we paused in the lobby. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a long pause, during which he swallowed several times. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

She paused and then said, “You must live nearby.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pause with my mouth open, my momentary bravado disappearing. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She pauses, looks sideways at me, 1 can sense the blur of white as her wings move. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then she paused for a second, searching through all the teas in the cupboard—picking them up and then setting them down in different stacks. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

He paused, gave me a long unreadable look. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

All evening they paused the movie to watch the news reports about the storm’s intensity and direction. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Principal Principal pauses with a look on his face like Daffy Duck’s when Bugs is pulling a fast one. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Dumbledore paused again; he looked very seriously around the hall, and nobody moved or made a sound. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He looked frantic, nervous, eyes scanning, and when he noticed it was me, he paused. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Branson paused, her lips set in a grim line as if her thoughts were playing tug-of-war. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Lazlo was on the verge of making his usual response, but paused, considering. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

My mother paused again as if she was trying to take it all in. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

She paused, then said with a sigh, “My parents make me.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

After a pause he added "sir" in a dilatory, grudging way. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Michelangelo paused at his soup and raised his head. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

If Joe had not known her he would not have given the little pause, the rigid ten seconds of silence, its due. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

What does exist is the paragraph break: a visual bookmark that allows the reader to pause, take a breather, assimilate what he has read, and then find his place again on the page. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

I was watching a collection of vintage ’80s cereal commercials when I paused to wonder why cereal manufacturers no longer included toy prizes inside every box. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

They bounced down the stairs with a great roistering clatter, laughing out loud breathlessly and knocking their hilarious heads together each time they paused to rest. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She paused to cough, leaned down and coughed, and when the spell was over her cheeks were flushed and she was exhausted. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Three hours’ work left only the head undone, and Powell paused to swab his forehead and glanced uncertainly at Cutie. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

He pats me down thoroughly, pausing to inspect my board. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I pause my picture taking to see his reaction. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

We flew to Hawaii on December 23, after the legislature finally hit pause for the holiday, though it still hadn’t managed to find a resolution. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

When I reached her room, I paused and leaned in to listen for any sound that might tell me if she was in there. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

He paused for just a second before he said, “New groups! Everyone stand up.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

His good-natured childish face beamed with satisfaction as with a last eloquent gesture, he paused and wiped his forehead with a handkerchief. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t think of it as an ending; just a pause button till you read the next great thing.” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

He was, and he could have done well enough without supper, but he made himself pause. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He paused a sec and then said: “What we gonna do, Mexico?” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The Horned King paused, a growl of savage joy rose in his throat, and he took a firmer grasp on his weapon. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

“My mother died when I was three, my old man drank himself to death, and,” he paused and looked towards the church which already loomed ahead of us. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She paused, and I could tell the fun was over. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paused to absorb this fact, but the corporals were in a hurry and pushed him on and soon they joined the stragglers on the road. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Her mother had been kneading dough that morning, and she paused in her work to look out the kitchen window at the Wood. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pause for a moment, carefully crafting the words in my head. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

In less than a minute it had set once more in the west and then, without any pause, risen again in the east. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Grandma paused, and then said, “How about you give him my address instead. You can read his letters at my house. But I’ll read each of them first, to make sure they’re okay.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Jack pauses at the flat edge of a giant stone; he extends his gloved hand to me. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She walked slowly, pausing before each step to gather strength for the next; her hands kept up a slight, shuddering movement like the nervous flutter of a bee on a flower. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rishi paused, his eyes closed, apparently trying to let the beat move him or something. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Chandresh pauses, still looking at the girl on the stage who, while comparatively elegant, does not appear particularly unusual. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I paused and listened to the sound of a half hundred pens scratching down my words. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I paused, expecting some response, but there was none. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

There was another pause in which the fire crackled and the river rushed on. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

It’s like somebody hit a pause button on my heart. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The idea that the midwife had returned for the child during the night gave him a pause of rest in which to think. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Anya put her hands over her face and cried, pausing only when she felt light pressure on her thigh. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

He paused, looked out at all of us, then nodded. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a moment’s uncertain pause before the energy responded with a tug, somewhere near her navel. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Thaya Jaan shows us the parts of the complex where there was a calligraphers’ market in olden times, and we pause by the huge square wudu fountain in the center of the courtyard. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

The terror in Jam’s chest paused at the sheer...awkwardness of the thing. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“I’ll give you a piece of bread,” she said, after a pause; “but we can’t take in a vagrant to lodge. It isn’t likely.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

He seemed like he paused a lot now. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

But the man ahead never paused, never varied his pace, never looked back. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

She paused by him long enough to rub his nose. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

He paused, feeling for his next point "And another thing." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

This may seem counterintuitive at first, but if you pause to consider how the system actually operates this fact becomes obvious. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Not yet. But I can”—he pauses for drama—“listen through the floor.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Once we clear the breach in the northern wall, I pause and look back. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

They’ll even pause to grab a bottle of beer and drink it down! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a long pause while Naomi tried to think of some way of moving the conversation away from this notion. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

There's a pause on Sonia's end this time, and Ranee waits, crushing the hem of her sari into her fist. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The senator paused and brushed the hair from his forehead in a nervous gesture. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The driver was waving frantically at me, and only the fact that the driver was a woman gave me pause. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I paused, so used to telling half lies that I could hardly get the truth to come out. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

About three o’clock, when everything was quiet and I was just about to go back to sleep, I heard soft footsteps in the hall and, after a pause, a knock at my door. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

When the black vans reach a checkpoint, they’re waved through without a pause. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

She paused to toss her hair over her shoulder. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Jam could pretend that everything had stopped, and in the space of that pause, she could breathe. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She paused, then crumpled it into a wad and tossed it into the garbage can, and then she was gone. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I pause for a second and squint into the night. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

And then a pause, as if this was a question. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The recruiter paused to rearrange the pamphlets and check the damage the wind had done to the posters. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He noticed something else that gave him pause. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

At sunset of that same long day, a stranger came strolling up the road from the village and paused at the Fosters’ gate. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever the phone rang, they paused before answering it. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Then, after a drowsy pause, he said, “Will you be around these parts this summer?” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She paused, looking over his shoulder while he finished. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

As Sandy and Max headed back to their cruiser, Sandy paused beneath me. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

When it was over, when we had told them every bad thing there was to tell, we paused and waited. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

From bearded peddlers to servant girls carrying armfuls of hatboxes, everyone paused as the flag-bearers trotted proudly ahead, and Dorian Havilliard waved. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He pauses and then says, “Gan you do me a favor?” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Sacred lumbers around, just in case it’s the start of something, then pauses at Virgil’s side and lazily wags his tail. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I looked at them up and down, laughed, paused, and then said, “Mi barrio es primero. ” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Professor Binns paused again, pursing his lips, looking like a wrinkled old tortoise. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

When the loud trains pull into their stops and the engines pause, attentive listeners can hear it. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Down the hall she went, stopping at her locker, grabbing her things, and heading for the door, pausing only to tell her friend Gregory Pitts that he smells like his last name. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Holly paused for a minute to admire the view. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

But that didn’t stop her from pausing outside the classroom opposite the hall from her own and peering in the window. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

There’s something in the way he pauses and turns. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

They stopped at the end of the kitchen and paused, and then crossed the floor again. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

She pauses and gives my red, white, and blue outfit a not-so-friendly once-over. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I pause and rewind to the beginning, turning the iPad to myself The intro blares out again, a mix of drumming and a man’s deep voice saying something in Arabic. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“Nothing,” said Francis, quite easily, despite a slight, stunned pause of maybe a second. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

There was a long pause, and then Doha could hear the exhaustion and anger in his father’s voice. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Viserys, was her first thought the next time she paused, but a second glance told her otherwise. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I paused before saying, “Your father and I were nursed by the same woman.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

There was a short pause in which the men looked thoughtfully across the room at the robot, crouching in the chair by the bookcase, head resting in one hand. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

After a painfully long pause, he says, “I guess that could work. But why do you need to go?” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

At the gate, I paused to watch as she straightened up to catch her breath. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a pause full of poison-edged razor blades that I’m certain will slash me to pieces. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

He paused and then said, “Out of the original eight, three are left.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

On the inside, we paused for a moment for Julia to snap trophy pictures of all of us, and Laika, too. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

They paused outside, listening, then peered around the corner. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

He paused, like he was waiting for her to respond. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Again my mother paused for a moment to reflect. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Quill pen in hand, she had paused to look up. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

At the entrance to the town square, she paused to study the layout of the market, searching for alleys she might use if she needed a quick exit. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She paused to look the plane over from prop to tail. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Again he paused, gazing at the children now with what appeared to be a mixture of great pride and great sympathy. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He paused and looked about; the streets were filled with white people. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paused a sec and took another drink. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

"If it rains like when we dropped in well need shelters all right. And then another thing. We need shelters because of the-" He paused for a moment and they both pushed their anger away. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

There was a long pause, and then Gregory said, “Sophie, do you know anything about how to keep these kinds of chickens?” Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

He paused for a moment and automatically pushed back his hair. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

She paused and tapped her finger on her chin again. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

He paused, one hand on the warm liver, and as his brother knocked him aside, the recollection of a babbling Arctic fox came to his mind. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

My dad pauses, then quietly shuts the door. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He paused for a second, studying the green and red sprinkles on a cookie. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paused, stared at me with silent hostility, then called his daughter. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sister Federica pauses for a long moment, then resumes with an air more befitting a divine vision. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pause in spite of myself, awed as her fingers fly across the board. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

There was a white horse asleep in the furthest stall, but Tristran was too busy to pause to inspect it. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

I’m not going to lie to you: I paused. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“I think it was some closure for myself,” he says, but then he pauses. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I pause by a window in the E Wing and wait for the Dauntless to arrive. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The horse paused, struggling to find the right word. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

At each pause, he pecked his head over his chest like a turtle coming out of its shell, but his eyes didn’t move. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could not imagine God pausing in His guidance of unimaginably vast worlds to bother with me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anya paused for a moment, then whacked the dirt bars of the cage away. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I paused, avoiding eye contact with my father. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Calder forgot to whisper, and the sweater reappeared, pausing for several long seconds on the other side of the door before going on. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

The boy hears Asher first, pauses the game, pops his earphones off, and turns around on the couch to look at his captain. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

High-Tech paused and belched, as if he expected delight from his listeners. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Another pause, then she said, “You said yourself you’re swimming in it. Soon as anyone sees you, they know you found a pocket.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Following an awkward pause, Lavadie said, “I think maybe 1 better back out of this, Bernie. 1 think maybe the best thing right now is 1 shouldn’t get involved, que no?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t even know if she’s thinking it in the pause that ensues. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Boo preened himself, taking dramatic pauses to glare at them every now and then. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The barker himself had paused in his calling to emit a nimbus formation of smoke. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I paused to consider, as this was a new question too. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He paused, and for a brief moment his stunning face was unexpectedly vulnerable. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Dad paused when he saw me and said, “How’d you sleep?” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

He paused and looked into our eyes, searching for a reaction. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“I wouldn’t think so. I am just here to collect what is mine, and I’ll be on my way. I—” She paused. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

"My destiny," said the man, after a short pause. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

There is a brief pause, as if everything in the level had suddenly frozen. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He pauses, seeming to actually have heard his own words. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

When Justin appeared, they went down the same hallway as before, but this time, when they reached the chamber where the elevator and the stairway led down, Justin paused. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

My father paused, looking for some spark of recognition on the mayor’s face. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Find the pauses and stops in the music. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Outside the lord's solar she paused to listen at the door, easing it open slowly when she heard only silence. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

My mom pauses and looks me in the eyes. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

I pause awkwardly in the middle of the room. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

There was a long pause while Arthur digested the first tidings of certain things which be had hoped or feared. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

From time to time I paused and crouched in the shadow of a wall or a tree to be certain that I was not being followed. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“Yo, what’s the most you ever got”—he paused—“on Temple Run?” he asked without looking up, his fingers flying across the screen of his phone. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

They chatted for a while about nothing in particular, neither of them in a hurry to go to dinner and just enjoying the pause between intense meetings. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

After a pause, Father said, “Not old. Never old, madam.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I pause with my hand on the doorknob and look back at him. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She paused a moment, during which time I continued to gaze out towards the fields on the other side of the road. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

After a long pause, Hermione voiced the knottiest question of all in a hesitant voice. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“I would tell him that he was being foolish,” she said after a brief pause. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Two more police cars drove slowly by; they paused briefly for the officers to exchange a few words with the men on horseback, then moved on. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

This time a longer pause, and then, “Yes, sir.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I wandered along the highway leading to the village and paused at the edges of fields, filling my basket with herbs and flowers. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“Of course I know it,” she answer, and with a pause, add: “Have not my Jonathan travelled it and wrote of his travel?” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

She pauses, glances at me over her shoulder, and adds, “I have an old friend in Madagascar. You know where that is?” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

I paused at that, and everyone turned to look at me. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

If Bryson hadn't paused the game to make himself a baloney sandwich, he wouldn't have heard the doorbell. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

But later, when Imani puts it on pause so we can take a break to put popcorn in the microwave, I look at her. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

She pauses for a moment, maybe waiting for one of us to say something. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Then she paused and said, “You shouldn’t make fun of that. It’s not a joke.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I paused as a giant yawn escaped my mouth. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Each time he noticed a tuft of hair out of place, he paused to lick it. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She paused beside the cart wheel, watching the back of the sentry’s head. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

And then they taped all six preliminary rounds of the show in one day, pausing to change the prodigies into new outfits. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

I paused and looked toward my bedroom, hoping Fig would come sprinting down the hall, meowing for his food, and quash my churning worries. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I paused and lingered a minute at the door to the girls’ restroom. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Ms. Fender paused as she flipped her honey-colored hair over one shoulder. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“It smells in here,” Axel says, filling in Byrd’s pause. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Fadi looked at his father’s untroubled expression and paused in confusion. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

After a while she paused again and listened. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Other boys and girls bent over their paper, writing, pausing to gnaw their pencils, writing again. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

After a pause, Dimple lay down and put her head on his chest. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“You know something,” the fat shopkeeper said, pausing a moment and smiling at Charlie, “I have a feeling you needed a break like this. I’m awfully glad you got it. Good luck to you, sonny.” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

When he tells the story, he has to pause, for maybe a minute, choking back grief. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

There was a pause, and he put his hand over the mouthpiece and said to the room, “He thinks we’ve got crud in our scope.” The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

To the unschooled eye, the scribbles would have been wholly mysterious and indecipherable: Yet I read it back to him without pause, and this time I was struck by the import of the words. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

When we came to the bridge my mother hurried the girls across, but my father paused to look over the railing. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paused and then added, “But you’ll also be at the bottom of your class.” Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

On first seeing the broken ride, I'd assumed it was designed to pause at frequent intervals, allowing those onboard to feel the full effect of their discomfort. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

He paused, watching a girl with a tambourine twirling dizzily on the lawn. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Darius pauses at the door, a surprised look on his face. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Cook paused in unlocking the door to a room. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I pause for a moment, thinking about my hood and how even though families grew up and changed, things essentially stayed the same, until now. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

So they were silent, eating, and this time Winnie licked the syrup from her fingers without pausing to think about it first. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every few seconds he paused and took a bite out of the wall. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

He groped for the string next to the door, but then he paused, startled. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

A pause, then the answer sounded to both men, “Boss? Where are you? My third subsidiary has had his chest blown in. He’s out of commission.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

He pauses, and there’s a kerfuffle in the darkness back there, and I wonder if he has some physical strategy for checking the fullness of his bladder. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

When Monod investigated this pause, he discovered an unusual phenomenon. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Dr. Shabani had paused for a second when she spotted me, but maybe she rejoined the race. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He shook hands with each detective but paused and raised his eyebrows when he touched Arm. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Rather than pause, I just bulled ahead, faking it as best I could as I eyed his hooves to see if they were chipped or cracked. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Carefully, the coroner lifted from the table at his side a tiny piece of blackened metal; he turned, fronted Mrs. Dalton, then paused. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She paused for a moment, then continued: “If only Rhyme and Reason were here, I’m sure things would improve.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

He raced up to the front door, then paused before lifting his hand to press the doorbell. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Anthony continued for several minutes more, barely pausing to take a breath. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Homeless Harry Strickland paused with his blistered foot in hand. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I was in and out of the bathroom in two minutes flat, pausing only to brush my teeth and run a wet hand through my hair. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Harry let her talk, nodding and agreeing whenever there was a pause, but his mind had left the conversation. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He spun around to leave but paused in the doorframe. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

For the next three hours I slogged steadily up the glacier, pausing only to drink from my water bottle and replenish the snow supply in my hat as it melted into my matted hair. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“You know,” said Ekon after a pause, “I almost feel bad for her.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I saw my reflection in the glass door of the bakery and paused a moment. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

He paused, gazed blearily around the room, and continued. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

We all paused a minute to recognize what Mohammed had just said, then we busted up laughing. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

He paused for a moment before he continued. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Silencing the ovation with a slight wave of her hand, she paused. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

"Sure, guys, I'm down"—he paused, then smiled and continued—"like the ground, from here to downtown." When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

She pauses and looks at the rest of us. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

She paused for a moment on the step and glanced back towards the front door. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Miles paused, wrapped around me, his neck craned over my shoulder. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

There's a slight pause in Max's speech but then it picks up with the upbeat tone of a brilliant idea. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He paused and seemed to take a different tack. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There was a pause, during which nobody knew what to say. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I paused in the center of the frozen road and watched the stubby old cobbler shuffle ahead of me. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He paused a moment and said, “And that one’s true.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

After another long pause, she asks, “When is this big meeting you’re going to?” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

She paused here and asked me to bring her a wine glass, which I did. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

She pauses, takes the popcorn out of the microwave, and puts a dish of butter in to melt it. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Playing Soccer is like never hitting pause on your favorite ninety-minute movie but futsal is like fast forward for forty supercharged minutes. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

There was a short pause, and a dubious one. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

There was a half-second pause as it studied him, baring a row of yellow teeth crammed into a gummy black mouth. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

All at once she couldn’t wait to get away, but Flatnose had paused in the doorway. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He paused, he sat there on the edge of the sofa, looking at all of us in turn. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

McCorkle opened it, smelled it, paused, and looked up . . . then emptied the contents on the ground. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a most characteristically Buddylike pause at the other end. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

She saw her hand float out in front of her and hit the space bar on his laptop, pausing the video. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He paused before doing so, and said quietly, almost as if he were speaking to the door itself, “Thanks, Mama.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The big hand paused in its healing journey around and up and down her back, then began again as Trotter said softly, “Don’t make it harder for us, baby.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

The judge paused and let his words sink in. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I could lend you some money,” Frankie said, pausing to splash another finger of liqueur into his glass. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He paused the tape, like he didn't want to waste this song as background music. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

It paused at intervals and shot papers over the walls. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

But as I walked past Becca’s bedroom, I heard some muffled noises—specifically, moanish noises—and so I paused outside her door, which was open just a crack. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I paused at the thick black dictionary on the bottom shelf. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Farther on, the knight paused briefly to consider a jeweled tiara displayed upon a bed of purple velvet. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She didn’t look up, didn’t pause, just said, “Oh, yes, Deborah Fontanel. She stayed out there in the honey house. She was the sweetest thing.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was tense, possessed, fearful that if he slowed or paused he might lose the courage or the momentum he needed to get out. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They stared at each other a moment in an awful pause, she with a startled, pleading question in her eyes. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

And then there’s a pause, and a voice says, in a slow drawl, ‘Yep. A gal child.’ The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hopefully, Luke paused in his burrowing into the Talbots' closet. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

She’s short, and oblong in shape, so that her iron- gray cardigan falls straight from shoulder to hip with no pause in between for a waist. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She leaned over my shoulder as she turned the stiff pages, looking for a certain picture but pausing to linger over others, her voice tinged with dreamy nostalgia. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Another pause and then she was shouting over the side. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He paused and signed to the man in the white coat. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

After a pause Crooks said, “Maybe you better go along to your own house now. We don’t want no trouble.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

If she paused, the current rocked the boat in a frightening way. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hold up, pause, back up, slow down, all of that. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Another pause, and Noa’s voice began to fade as she walked away. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She paused to smooth a quilt covering a chair. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Dumbledore paused for a moment, marshaling his thoughts, and then said, “Four years ago, I received what I considered certain proof that Voldemort had split his soul.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The old hammerhead was free to drag his nose if he wished, or to pause and crop grass beside the road. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Pixie paused her twirling and regarded us more seriously. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The man had paused in the road and hoisted the wooden jiggeh higher on his back, shifting the cumbersome weight. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

There was a long pause, and then a long sigh. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I touch the metal and pause to look at her. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

If one of the kids knocked, there was sometimes a long pause before Mom answered, “Yes? Do you need something?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She pauses as we hear someone pass outside the door. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

They drove for a week, pausing only to rest the horses. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Let me pause a moment on the subject of Mrs. van Daan and tell you that her attempts to flirt with Father are a constant source of irritation to me. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He paused, sun-flecked, holding up a bough, prepared to duck under it A spasm of terror set him shaking and he cried aloud. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

As he stepped into the shelter his men had built for him, he paused and looked back at Jon Snow. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I jab the pause button on my iPod. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I wanted life to stay right there…on pause. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He paused near me; then crossed the room, at which corner I could see him from my hiding place: a youth of my years, perhaps, dressed as might befit an apprentice at some trade. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Heidi doesn’t say anything, pausing like my head might be on fire. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Ashe paused, and a tiny smile tugged at his lips, “Say, did any of you ever carry on a thought conversation without knowing it?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

My gaze pauses on a cluster of four boys reading on the couches. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He paused, then added, “Maybe it’s about time I sent you to a school back in the homelands, where they’ll make a warrior out of you.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I paused to let them think for a moment. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I have”—he paused to study the floor as if the word he needed could be found somewhere near his left shoe—“concerns.” Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Get in the house now—go,” he said, pausing for an instant, then gunning his engine and pulling away. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I will say, he stuck pretty much to the facts, but I didn’t think his big dramatic pause before he got to the part about the license plate was really necessary. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He paused before a small white cottage, snuffling ecstatically the wonderful aroma of cooking drifting out mingled with wood smoke. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How much longer?” he asked Mr. Kapasi as he paused to load a new roll of film in the camera. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

She paused and it sounded as though she was swallowing more air than she wanted to. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

He paused thoughtfully, watching diners move about in the cafe across the plaza area. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

As originally taped, Jones took long pauses between letters, because the idea was to insert other elements between the letters. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The selected entries will be published in the Carolina Times”—Mrs. Grayson paused for effect—“and the first-place winner will receive twenty-five dollars!” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She pauses like I should fill in this part of her story. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The dancing couple pauses, the girl on the floor and her boyfriend stare. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I pause for a moment but then leave to catch up with Soojin and Emily at our lockers before I head to the bus line. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

He paused, then added: “And don’t touch the cow’s udders anymore. It’s immature and probably blasphemous.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He paused, trying to get his breath back. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

They paused at the door to eyeball Aston, Ma and me. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I wanted to run inside and have him hold me in his arms, but something made me pause. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

He paused, staring at my lifted hands in the dawning light of morning. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pauses, probably referring back to whatever itinerary Shaan has given him. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He paused a moment, then said, “I think it quite necessary that the authorities here should be prepared to meet and deal with the greatest congregation of criminals that ever yet met in this country.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I paused the episode so I could sprint to the mailbox. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

They climb up to a platform in the greenheart where the woman pauses for balance, bunches her long skirts into one hand, and prepares to walk out into the brighter light and rain. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pauses before he asks, “Not even Gale?” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“But what,” said she, after a pause, “can have been his motive? What can have induced him to behave so cruelly?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Never once did he pause to look back at the gathered men there. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So he is, dear old fellow!” said Laurie heartily, as Meg paused, looking flushed and earnest with her story. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘You had the luck, Merry,’ said Pippin softly, after a long pause. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The bird paused at the lip of a flower and then turned and caught sight of me. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

When he finally paused and looked up, he saw a smirk on the face of the boy across the table from him. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He dipped the quill into the inkpot, leaned over the first parchment, paused, looked up. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Once, my mom mentioned my name and after a pause Sra. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He paused and then whispered something to one of the senior teachers standing behind him. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just before I got on my bus, I paused and grinned right at him. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Why . . . ?” I began, and then paused, not sure how to continue. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He straightens up, pausing in front of each stock car, yelling through the slats and then waiting for a response. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Hungry Joe had paused in his attack to shoot pictures through the closed door. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She paused, her gaze straying to the four sealed letters she’d already prepared: one for each of the Masters, to inform them of the events of the previous night, and of her failure. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He paused and then went on: "We are all his guests. I think it would be profitable if each one of us were to explain exactly how that came about." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Hortensia paused to observe the effect these remarks were having on the two titchy ones. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I remember an alley. Anyway, the bandits surprised Kvothe. They wanted his horse,” he paused and rubbed his forehead with the tips of his fingers. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The crowd that surrounded him was still, unmoving, quiet, and it was eerie, like the world had been paused for this singular moment. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He paused, as if choosing his words carefully. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

So he went into the house and paused in the doorway to listen to the rest of the conversation from behind the door. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

When I went back to the bedroom and began to dress I heard a soft footstep come and pause outside the door, and the key turn quietly in the lock. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps she paused to rest and froze to death. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He paused first at Dr. Armstrong's door and tapped. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Then, without so much as a pause, she began talking directly to her mother: We miss you, Mama. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

He paused and ran his hand nervously across his forehead. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

So as I slide out of the foliage and into the dawn light, I pause a second, giving the cameras time to lock on me. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I sat my food on the table, and then paused. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Finally, she turned to go, yet she paused in the doorway. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

I ran down the steps, then paused and looked back up. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paused a sec, picked up a stick and spun it around in his fingers. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“He’s only just smart enough to realize what a mistake turning us in would be,” said Francis, pausing to pour himself another drink. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He paused and cleared his throat before continuing. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

As I came level with the doors, I paused and tried to open them but the big chain was on them and they didn't even rattle. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“If we mess with those condos”—and she pauses here for effect—“they’ll beat us till we bleed.” Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

As we walk the rest of the way home from school we take turns reading them out loud, dramatizing the parts like radio plays, pausing to shriek with laughter. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He paused, inhaled the odor of the cheese deeply, and then popped it in his mouth. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

When they arrived at their block, Jessie paused to get a signature for the petition from their neighbor Charlotte and her son Joseph. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

A pause, and then a tired, dry, middle-aged, female voice said, “I think what I and my family of three noticed most was the dignity.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I paused, and typed: Mitch: How do you like it at Maple Grove? Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We stopped the simulation -- the weight of the hard drive in my back pocket reminds me—but we didn’t pause to see the aftermath. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

There was a pause and then Haley laughed. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

He paused; his heart fluttered in his chest. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I paused, took a sip of my coffee, letting the word boyfriend rest out in the air. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pauses to look over her shoulder and winks, running the straps coquettishly down her arms. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

It was a bad idea to rustle or fidget during these pauses: Aunt Lydia might look abstracted but she was aware of every twitch. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a pause, he sighed and added, “I tend to get anxious a lot.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

"The will not, I mean the will will will . . He paused and tried again. "The will will not be filed until the first of the year. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pause, trying to think about how to express what I’m feeling. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

He caught a glimpse of a black squirrel moving through the snow-covered branches of an oak, and paused to study the silvery web of an empress spider. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She had a funny expression on her face, which made Adria and me pause in the doorway and look back at her, waiting. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

There was a pause, in which the subject of Ron’s departure seemed to rise like a wall between them. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Twenty-three swings,” Twig announced when the pendulum stopped, and we all paused to record the number. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She paused, drawing a ragged breath, and took the moonstone ring out of her pocket and put it into the palm of his hand. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Piggy paused for a moment and peered round at the dim figures. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Oh,” Ignatius said calmly and paused to chew on the tip of the hot dog that was sticking from his mouth like a cigar butt. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before she left, she paused with her hand on the front door and looked back at the hall for a minute. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jonathan moved up a small hill and, once on top, paused to catch his breath. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

I paused, feeling a bit like an idiot. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I pause at the opening credits and run into the kitchen to grab the bowl. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

The first week of August hangs at the very top of summer, the top of the live-long year, like the highest seat of a Ferris wheel when it pauses in its turning. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paused then, and inhaled sharply, as if he was realizing something. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

He stopped, paused, looked down into the whisky glass, looked up at Longstreet. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’ve been grinding those up and putting them in water. The other guy” — she paused, hunting for a name—“Lucky Strike. He sent a doctor.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Emma, finding her so determined upon neglecting her music, had nothing more to say; and, after a moment’s pause, Mrs. Elton chose another subject. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Yet every time the hyena paused at the stern bench, my heart jumped. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He took a seat by Mamma, and then, after the briefest of pauses, reached out and snagged a Milano. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

As Walter approaches the open window, I stalk off, pausing just long enough to spit in the dust. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“I’m lovin’ this, you know,” she told Stella, pausing to take a sip of lemonade. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She walked away, pausing twice to peek back over her shoulder at us. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

For a moment Mia thought she was approaching a mirror, and she paused, confused. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The governor stood up and went to the window where he paused, both hands in his pockets, staring thoughtfully down at the capitol parking lot jammed with cars. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The women paused in their work and glanced at me curiously. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

She did not pause or stop to end the embarrassment. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A pair of old, rusty horseshoes gave her pause. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I wish I could just pause time or fast-forward or something. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He paused for a second, as if deciding whether or not to say something. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Some time before ni-Frith, in the heat of the day, Silver paused in a little patch of thorn. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He starts to roll his window back up but pauses when he looks at me. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

As of my earlier spying, the nearest rebels were on the other side, so I paused every few feet to listen for a sign that they were onto me. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

It widened and seemed to pause, suggesting tranquil bovine picnics: slow chewing and thoughtful contemplation of the infinite. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sort of paused, then reached into his backpack and pulled a book up onto his desk. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

And just like every other morning over the past month, Sir Fig Newton inhaled the entire bowl in thirty seconds flat, then followed with a frozen pause and a low rumbling, “Urp.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

We may pause briefly before a famous masterpiece that we have been told we are supposed to admire, then ignore the gallery full of equally beautiful and important works around it. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a little pause, and then the Professor went on:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Behind the cabin, the woman was already passing into the forest, but the boy paused. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

On his way out of the store he pauses by a table devoted to travel guides. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I just keep moving, pausing only to check for pursuers. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Soft footsteps padded down the upstairs hallway and paused at the top of the stairs. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She paused, her chest rising and falling rapidly, the color high in her cheeks. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I could see him shivering when we paused to rest. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

After a pause Rick said to the clerk, a heavy-jowled, middle-aged woman with netted gray hair, “Do you have a print of Munch’s Puberty?” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I get out of the car, but pause with my hand on the door handle. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

But there he paused, bewildered, not sure which way to shoot. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

She paused: Lies or truth, which was best? A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He paused on the narrow neck and looked down. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

There was a long pause on the phone before she added, “You could ask your father if he could use his influence.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hubbub began to subside slowly as Major de Coverley paused in the doorway with a frown of puzzled disapproval, as though viewing something bizarre. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Then when they came to a certain fruit and candy store they paused for a moment on the sidewalk outside. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Trevor paused for a second and I waited for him to say no, and that I was his best friend. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“It’s me again,” she says, and then after a pause, she says. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

But this was only a pause in the slow but inevitable dissolution of his mind. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

There was a pause, and then the door creaked open and the children saw Count Olaf for the first time. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

I hit pause on the camera; I could hear people outside, probably waiting to come in and do their interview. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

There was a long pause during which the agent took off his spectacles as though to see her better. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

She paused and took a deep breath and began again, and this time her engine sputtered to life. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“You say”—Albert adds and then pauses to think—“that you’ll grow up to be nobody. But logically...if nobody’s perfect...well then, you must be perfect.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

It was the before that gave her pause. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Then after a pause all the tension drained out of him, and he let his head come slowly down between his hands. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had for some reason gone up to M. Dupont's room and was about to knock, but before doing so, as is my custom, I paused for a second to listen at the door. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

"I loved them. They were so nice, so happy, nothing like my parents. I went over to see them all the time," she paused, "until you came." The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

When he paused, he directed his gaze at the horizon, distracted. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a while they paused to catch their breath. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He paused and drank half the liquid in his greasy glass, a kind of moonshine he kept in an old pop bottle on the back stoop. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I pause, and there’s that loaded eye contact again. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

She paused to wash the taste of bark from her mouth. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She paused and looked at her husband a moment before answering. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

I ran out like a shot, pausing only a second to get a few drops of water to clean my hands. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Martin pauses, searching for her next word. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Albert paused and said, “No, but they can both be true.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

After only the slightest pause, I leaned in too, giving it. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Calder paused, the box in his right hand, and looked at the rainbows floating on the far wall. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was a hissing noise that would go on for about ten seconds, pause, then come again. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

After many pauses and many trials of other subjects, Elizabeth could not help reverting once more to the first, and saying: Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Even Sully paused in the act of getting up. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

He pauses before snapping his brown eyes to mine. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He’d passed them further back: two lovers strolling hand in hand, their dæmons, two small birds, flying ahead a little way, pausing to whisper together, and flying on again. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“So, for the moment, the Bologna instrument counts as the spoils of war,” Al-Kaisy went on after a pause. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

There is a pause and I want to turn around. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“It has to be a secret because drinks are not allowed before the interval. It’s a Theater Offense. Cognizable,” he added after a pause. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon there was an awkward pause in the conversation, and Coach Mustilli stared at me expectantly. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Nailer paused in the climb, rotating his shoulder carefully, feeling the sear of his wound across his back. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He then paused, expecting his order to be carried out by whomever he thought was inside. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle Turu took a step closer to the fire and paused, for he enjoyed the silences of a good telling as much as the words. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Gaily paused; no one said a word for several seconds, and panic rose inside Thomas’s chest. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Here the arc of the story soars upward unstoppably, pausing only to mark some fresh milestone of corporate expansion. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fish paused at the edge of the net. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take a long pause before I answer, trying to collect my thoughts. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Brienne paused to listen for a moment, broad shoulders hunched and thick arms crossed against her chest. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Because I agreed with you. But my father is...I knew he’d be embarrassed if I—” Connor paused, sniffing the air. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Dari paused the camera and pointed to the screen, explaining every single thing we did wrong. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The pauses in the conversation are not awkward, though they struggle to find the same rhythm in speaking that was already present in their written exchanges, often switching from one language to another. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She paused, listening to the sound of some distant partygoer screech in laughter. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Janie made her face laugh after a short pause, but it wasn’t too easy. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Then, after a pause, she squealed, “I’m going to be an actress!” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I pause and then ask, “Do you ever hang out in the Hideout by yourself? ” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Dr. Finch rolled out the last name in Maycomb County accents: long a’s, i s, and a pause between syllables. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“You reckon we ought to start?” asked Sister Price doubtfully, after a pause. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“It’s like a formality. Kind of. Just to see”—he pauses to catch his breath—“like, where he wants to put us.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I had to pause for a long second, almost forgetting the words that were right there on the page. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“It will be sung,” he whispered, then paused again to get wind. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pause, trying to convince myself not to say anything. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

During this visit Dewey paused at an upstairs window, his attention caught by something seen in the near distance—a scarecrow amid the wheat stubble. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Poppet pauses, closing her eyes as she attempts to concentrate on the images in her head. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Females pause and look for signs of agreement before continuing. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Only a pause in a battle he was bound to lose. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Moody, however, paused, his magical eye on the corner where Harry was standing. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

There’s a long pause while he examines me. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I pause in my laps, blink warm water out of my eyes, and tap on Hideo’s hovering text in my vision before I can think it through. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He paused triumphantly—he was beginning to enjoy his role—and answered his own question to forestall the obvious answer on Powell’s tongue. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

With a bag in each hand, I paused for a moment outside the van, staring at her. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Miss Bennet paused a little, and then replied, “Surely there can be no occasion for exposing him so dreadfully. What is your opinion?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Taran led the companions to the stable and there he paused. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

There was a long pause—and a long silence. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

He paused to kiss the hand of his godmother, and offered a brief bow to Master Ellemire before turning to the Tizerkane as though he were the library’s representative and not the older man. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I swept the sidewalk, pausing when a white person was twenty feet away. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

A comma’s a pause at the end of a clause. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

“I do. I—” He paused, then flushed rather guiltily. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now and again they paused to look and listen. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

I pause for a moment and soak in this opportunity. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

After a pause, she said in a hurry, “No, no, that’s totally fine! I think I was just having an off day when I went there last time. I’m sure I’ll find something good tonight.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

And then, after a short pause: But do hurry. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She pauses dramatically before declaring: “Bailey’s dare is to break into the Night Circus.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She paused at her door to find her keys in her handbag, and then there we were, standing by her gate, watching her. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She paused, wiped her eyes, then added softly, “I got to go while I still can—before I turn into just what people call me.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

There was a pause; then the voice began again. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The streetcar didn’t so much as pause as it crossed the invisible barrier, but at the same time in the length of a block the world was different. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He kind of grunted when Ms. Morales paused and it seemed like she needed an answer, but he had no idea what he was agreeing to. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

A long honk, a short honk, a long one again, a pause. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Another long pause—she’s talking to me and doing something else, multitasking, the way busy wives and mothers do, tidying up, loading the washing machine. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anya paused inside the tree line as the raven flew up and away. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Once again the two men paused while trying to decide their next move. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

There was an unusually long pause as we all waited for the judge to say something. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

When it hits the chorus, he pauses it, then brings up a ream of glowing code for everyone to see. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He pauses before taking it, not wanting to leave the brief world we built together but knowing we have to. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He paused for a moment, staring at the ground, then added, “Your boyfriend plays in the second set. Coach Dub wanted to put his best two players first.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Kate paid close attention, careful not to mistake short for long or vice versa, making sure to recognize pauses. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Leale paused, studied his patient’s face for a moment, and placed his ear over Lincoln’s chest. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then “It’s Quiet Uptown” comes on, and wow, I’m about to cry, and by the end of it I press pause and call Arthur. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“In view of the unprecedented disturbance of the public mind, the duty of this Court is clear,” the judge said and paused. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z