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Definition of Pausings

1. pausing [n] - See also: pausing

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Pausings

pauperizing paupers paupiette paupiettes pauropoda Pauropoda pausal pause pause paused

pauseful pauser pausers pauses pausing pausings (current term) Pautrier's abscess Pautrier's microabscess pauxi Pauzat's disease

pav pavage pavages pavan pavane pavanes pavans Pavarotti pave paved

Literary usage of Pausings

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1. The Writings of Charles Dickens by Charles Dickens, Gilbert Ashville Pierce (1894)
"... they betook their little quickened hearts behind the panels and in the gropings and pausings of the beetles on the floor. It happened on the occasion of ..."

2. The Works of Rufus Choate: With a Memoir of His Life by Rufus Choate, Samuel Gilman Brown (1862)
"... sentence — an occasional look at the MSS. and pull at the tumbler of water — some pausings at the noise of inattention — this is all I could appreciate. ..."

3. Reminiscences of Rufus Choate: The Great American Advocate by Edward Griffin Parker (1860)
"... and—who was suddenly struck dead at her feet by a stroke of lightning out of the heavens !" Then he made another of his tremendous pausings, ..."

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