Paused in example sentence

He paused for an instant, and then said abruptly--'Did it ever strike you, on such a morning as this, that drowning would be happiness and peace?''God bless me, no!' replied Mr. Pickwick, edging a little from the balustrade, as the possibility of the dismal man's tipping him over, by way of experiment, occurred to him rather forcibly.

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And then when he paused and everyone looked at me for a response, from a balcony perspective, I was able to thank him for his remarks and say, "I appreciate your criticism of my country and I take it as a sign that we're among friends and can speak candidly to one another."

And after all this, everyone paused; they took a step back.

But at the end of every line break, I broke the line, because he took a breath and he paused.

It looks like I've paused the program.

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