Related Words for pauses

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WordSyllablesCategories
intermission
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Noun, Noun
hesitate
/xx
Noun, Verb
break
/
Verb, Verb, Noun
suspension
x/x
Noun, Noun
interruption
xx/x
Noun, Noun
grimaces
/xx
Noun, Verb
listens
/x
Verb, Noun
exhales
x/
Verb, Noun
utters
/x
Verb, Noun
mumbles
/x
Noun
silences
/xx
Noun, Verb
reflectively
x/xx
Adverb
gestures
/x
Adverb
mutters
/x
Adverb
distractedly
x/xx
Adverb
pensively
/xx
Adverb
glances
/x
Adverb
crouches
/x
Verb, Noun
waits
/
Noun
wanders
/x
Verb, Noun
weeps
/
Verb, Noun
sighs
/
Noun, Verb
recites
x/
Verb
wiggles
/x
Noun
laughs
/
Verb, Noun
kneels
/
Verb
vacantly
/xx
Adverb
sips
/
Noun, Verb
twitches
/x
Verb
lulls
/
Noun, Verb
hurries
/x
Verb, Noun
caesura
//x
Noun
yells
/
Verb, Noun
clenches
/x
Verb, Noun
snatches
/x
Noun, Verb
soliloquy
x/xx
Noun, Verb
bursts
/
Noun, Verb
meditatively
/xxxx
Adverb
faints
/
Noun
squints
/
Verb, Noun
monotone
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
giggles
/x
Noun
gazes
/x
Noun, Verb
lurches
/x
Verb, Noun
breaths
/
Noun
claps
/
Verb, Noun
skips
/
Verb, Noun
zooms
/
Noun
lopes
/
Name
reacts
x/
Verb, Noun
rambles
/x
Noun, Verb
spits
/
Verb
inflections
x/x
Noun
fixedly
/xx
Adverb
impatiently
x/xx
Adverb
chuckles
/x
Adverb
stares
/
Verb, Noun
shuffles
/x
Verb, Noun
blinks
/
Noun
foreground
/x
Noun, Verb
interludes
/xx
Noun
greets
/
Noun
hears
/
Verb
pops
/
Name
strolls
/
Noun, Verb
glides
/
Verb, Noun
winded
/x
Adjective
recitative
xxxx
Noun, Adjective
shrugs
/
Noun
grins
/
Noun
playback
/x
Noun
debugger
x/x
Noun
recedes
x/
Verb
resumes
x/
Verb
seconds
/x
Noun
wipes
/
Verb
respiratory
/xxxx
Noun
smiles
/
Verb, Noun
macro
/x
Noun
surveys
x/
Verb
momentarily
xx/xx
Adverb
briefly
/x
Noun, Adverb
sinus
/x
Noun
nods
/
Verb
shakes
/
Verb
sniff
/
Verb
polymerase
/xxx
Noun
lights
/
Verb
leans
/
Verb
narrator
/xx
Noun
ponder
/x
Verb
doorway
/x
Noun
moment
/x
Noun
chat
/
Verb
little
/x
Noun
replying
x/x
Verb
clears
/
Verb
looks
/
Verb
breathes
/
Verb
execution
xx/x
Noun
expectantly
x/xx
Adverb
speaker
/x
Noun
walks
/
Verb
collects
x/
Verb
admire
x/
Verb
juncture
/x
Noun
instant
/x
Noun
contemplate
/xx
Verb
beat
/
Noun
picks
/
Verb
lifts
/
Verb
catches
/x
Verb
thoughtfully
/xx
Adverb
adds
/
Verb
traveller
/xx
Noun
cursor
/x
Noun
watches
/x
Verb
presses
/x
Noun
notices
/xx
Noun
repeats
x/
Verb
studies
/x
Verb
comment
/x
Verb
threshold
/x
Noun
minute
/x
Noun
landing
/x
Noun
camera
/xx
Noun
answers
/x
Verb
steps
/
Verb
displays
x/
Verb
narrative
/xx
Noun
crosses
/x
Verb
midst
/
Noun
turns
/
Verb
pointer
/x
Noun
pushes
/x
Verb
reflect
x/
Verb
printer
/x
Noun
shifts
/
Verb
closes
/x
Verb
reaches
/x
Verb
bouts
/
Noun
delays
x/
Noun
depends
x/
Verb
detours
x/
Verb
ends
/
Noun
halts
/
Verb, Noun
hesitations
xx/x
Noun
hinges
/x
Noun, Verb
holds
/
Verb
interpolations
x/x/x
Noun
lapses
/x
Noun
remissions
x/x
Noun
shuts
/
Verb, Noun
spurts
/
Noun
stoppages
/xx
Noun
stops
/
Noun
suspends
x/
Verb, Noun
unintended
xx/x
Adjective