Pausing [verb]

Definition of Pausing:

wait, delay

Synonyms of Pausing:

● Interrupt

● Hesitate

● Waver

● Shake

● Suspend

● Halt

● Deliberate

● Drop

● Discontinue

● Rest

● Reflect

● Desist

● Sideline

● Cease

● Hold back

● Break it up

● Call time

● Come to standstill

● Put on hold

● Stop briefly

● Take a break

● Take a breather

● Take five

● Take ten

● Think twice


Opposite/Antonyms of Pausing:

● Keep on

● Do

● Carry on

● Go

● Continue

● Rise

● Persist

● Restart


Sentence/Example of Pausing:

She then descended, and pausing at the great landing, heard other steps descending also.

"'Ere we are, sir," said the cabman's nephew, pausing at the head of the steps.

Pausing only to verify the number, he sprang up the steps and found the bell-button.

So he sat, with a steadfastly vacant gaze, pausing in his work.

"Yes," said Carton, pausing again, and answering over his shoulder.

"It's Morgan," Grim bellowed, not pausing an instant in his descent.

"True," she said coolly, pausing before the door of her stateroom.

"Give me my key," Mrs. Morton cried, pausing for a moment at the desk.

He walked on tip-toe to the end of the corridor, pausing at every cell.

Pausing at a cross-road, he selected a tree for one of his remaining announcements.