| pause consider | 1.71 | He paused to consider. | ||
| pause take | 1.32 | He paused to take another drink. | ||
| pause think | 1.32 | He pauses to think. | ||
| pause let | 0.92 | He paused to let this news sink in. | ||
| pause watch | 0.92 | Like his teammates, he paused to watch it fly. | ||
| pause reflect | 0.79 | Then he paused to reflect. | ||
| pause admire | 0.66 | Passersby paused to admire her work. | ||
| pause catch | 0.66 | He paused to catch his breath. | ||
| pause look | 0.66 | She barely paused to look at the Dalmatians. | ||
| pause chat | 0.59 | Small boys on their way to school paused to chat. | ||
| pause gather | 0.53 | He paused to gather his thoughts. | ||
| pause make | 0.53 | Occasionally a woman moves down the row, pausing to make adjustments. | ||
| pause pay | 0.53 | We pause to pay our last respects. | ||
| pause speak | 0.53 | Then he paused to speak with Kerrigan. | ||
| pause talk | 0.53 | So much time that Olajuwon can barely pause to talk. | ||
| pause give | 0.46 | Americans pause to give thanks. | ||
| pause shake | 0.46 | He paused to shake his head. | ||
| pause wonder | 0.46 | Halfway through the decade, popular music has paused to wonder where the next big thing is. | ||
| pause ask | 0.39 | But she paused to ask, who is ministering to whom? | ||
| pause collect | 0.39 | He paused to collect his thoughts. |