1.   For example, a woman might pause for her cigarette to be lighted or hover by a table waiting for the man to pull her chair out for her.

2.   Only now the women pause for breath more often and take a day to do chores that used to take a few hours.

3.   The woman paused, trying to recall all the times.

4.   The woman paused for several moments before answering that she could.

5.   Today, far from coastal Texas, a woman pauses to settle herself as she tells that story.

6.   Occasionally, the women pause for a heartbeat or two, and only then to buy food.