Examples of 'pregnant pause' in a sentence

Meaning of "pregnant pause"

pregnant pause: This phrase refers to a moment of silence or hesitation in speech that is filled with anticipation, significance, or tension
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  • A pause that gives the impression that it will be followed by something significant.

How to use "pregnant pause" in a sentence

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That pregnant pause was in its third trimester.
I guess this is what they mean by a pregnant pause.
There was a pregnant pause of about three seconds.
This is what is known in literature as the pregnant pause.
Ready for pregnant pause.
The pregnant pause that followed seemed to mark the end of the debate.
Do you find sometimes a pregnant pause.
Pregnant pause for Andrea Corr gigs.
Anything but the pregnant pause.
A pregnant pause on road to Rio for Jana Pittman.
That was officially a pregnant pause.
Brant 's pregnant pause left no doubt as to what would happen then.
There was a kind of pregnant pause.
Come on . That pregnant pause was in its third trimester.
What Mom used to call a pregnant pause.

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Let us go back to that big, pregnant pause scene during the Seige of King 's Landing.
After he told Hobbes all this there was another pregnant pause.
That 's the pregnant pause before the climax!
While Miranda took a pregnant pause.
After a pregnant pause came the reply, " I can do lots of things.
Was - Do you find sometimes a pregnant pause.
Do you find sometimes a pregnant pause - just says it all?
Yes, sir . This is what is known in literature as the pregnant pause.
However… and I insert the pregnant pause here.
When you ask a pregnant woman if she 's pregnant, she pauses, thus … pregnant pause.
Isla Fisher 's pregnant pause.
So about yesterday… No, no. Latin lover narrator: Talk about a pregnant pause.
Oh . whoa . hold that pregnant pause.
I heard "contact" and then there was a pregnant pause.
Blinking eyelids can take 400 milliseconds - a relatively pregnant pause - to close and reopen.
All chuckling - That sounds like a yes . - Pregnant pause.
The slight … Hopefulness in their voice, the pregnant pause while they.
Gasps Oh, my God . - That was a very pregnant pause.

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Examples of using Pregnant
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Examples of using Pause
He seems to have pressed pause or retired altogether
Pause pauses the currently playing track
Maybe we should pause for station identification
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