Related Words for pausing

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WordSyllablesCategories
intermission
xx/x
Noun, Noun
hesitate
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Noun, Verb
break
/
Verb, Verb
suspension
x/x
Verb, Noun
interruption
xx/x
Noun, Noun
stopping
/x
Verb
glancing
/x
Verb
punctuating
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Verb
silently
/xx
Adverb
distractedly
x/xx
Adverb
halting
/x
Noun
skipping
/x
Verb
nervously
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Adverb
watching
/x
Verb
noticing
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Verb
staring
/x
Verb
savoring
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Verb
momentarily
xx/xx
Adverb
wincing
/x
Verb
chuckling
/x
Verb
remarking
x/x
Verb
taking
/x
Verb
hurrying
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Verb
letting
/x
Verb
gazing
/x
Verb
listening
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Verb
frowning
/x
Verb
idly
/x
Adverb
remembering
x/xx
Verb
resuming
x/x
Verb
sighing
/x
Noun
absentmindedly
x//xx
Adverb
sauntering
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Verb
flicking
/x
Verb
dawdling
/x
Verb
nodding
/x
Verb
gesturing
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Verb
gulping
/x
Verb
replaying
x/x
Verb
contemplate
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Verb
muttering
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Verb
absently
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Adverb
scrutinizing
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Verb
asking
/x
Verb
flinching
/x
Verb
ambling
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Verb
prompting
/x
Verb
answering
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Verb
saluting
x/x
Verb
blinking
/x
Noun
repeating
x/x
Verb
recollecting
xx/x
Verb
mimed
/
Verb
savouring
/xx
Verb
meditatively
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Adverb
mutely
/x
Adverb
quizzically
/xx
Adverb
observing
x/x
Verb
mumbling
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Verb
motioning
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Verb
backtracking
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Noun
shrugging
/x
Verb
examining
x/xx
Verb
turning
/x
Verb
stepping
/x
Verb
admiring
x/x
Noun
restarting
x/x
Verb
mulling
/x
Verb
talking
/x
Verb
nudging
/x
Verb
continuing
x/xx
Verb
snapping
/x
Verb
marvelling
x/x
Verb
casually
/xxx
Adverb
exhaling
x/x
Verb
pondering
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Verb
responding
x/x
Verb
refraining
x/x
Verb
pensively
/xx
Adverb
tossing
/x
Verb
murmuring
/xx
Verb
applauding
x/x
Verb
forcing
/x
Verb
stirring
/x
Adjective
allowing
x/x
Verb
moment
/x
Noun
nibbling
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Verb
peeking
/x
Verb
plopping
/x
Verb
calmly
/x
Adverb
admonishing
x/xx
Verb
smirking
/x
Noun
quietly
/xx
Adverb
refusing
x/x
Verb
wistfully
/xx
Adverb
languidly
/xx
Adverb
attentively
x/xx
Adverb
noting
/x
Verb
slowing
/x
Verb
mouthing
/x
Noun
briefly
/x
Adverb
initiating
x/xxx
Verb
looping
/x
Noun
ruminating
/xxx
Verb
waits
/
Verb
gasping
/x
Verb
sneaking
/x
Verb
checking
/x
Noun
gawking
/x
Verb
catching
/x
Verb
popping
/x
Verb
leaping
/x
Verb
chatting
/x
Verb
rest
/
Noun
screaming
/x
Verb
hesitation
xx/x
Noun
fluctuating
/xxx
Adjective
bowing
/x
Noun
hemming
/x
Noun
balk
/
Noun
stopgap
/x
Noun
hush
/
Noun
spurt
/
Noun
silence
/x
Noun
purring
/x
Noun
snuggling
/xx
Verb
bode
/
Name
puzzlement
/xx
Noun
burning
/x
Noun
strolling
/x
Verb
stand
/
Noun
grunting
/x
Verb
coughing
/x
Noun
worth
/
Adjective
worthwhile
//
Adjective
breath
/
Noun
transcriptional
x/xx
Adjective
scarce
/
Adjective
consider
x/x
Verb
reflect
x/
Verb
frequent
/x
Adjective
mouthfuls
/x
Noun
rowers
/x
Noun
warehouses
/xx
Noun
sip
/
Verb
accustomed
x/x
Adjective
adopting
x/x
Verb
arresting
x/x
Adjective
baiting
/x
Noun
bearable
/xx
Adjective
beastly
/x
Adverb, Adjective
birthing
/x
Noun
boiling
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
brooding
/x
Noun, Adjective
busier
/xx
Adjective
choosing
/x
Noun
contact
/x
Noun, Verb
curbing
/x
Noun
dusting
/x
Noun
enchanted
x/x
Adjective
exciting
x/x
Adjective, Noun
exposure
x/x
Noun
flushing
/x
Noun
grinding
/x
Noun, Adjective
hiring
/x
Noun
imagined
x/x
Adjective
lifting
/x
Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
polishing
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Noun, Adjective
praying
/x
Noun
pruning
/x
Noun
purging
/x
Noun
reparation
xx/x
Noun
retiring
x/x
Adjective, Noun
salubrious
x/xx
Adjective
sanctified
xxx
Adjective
scouring
/xx
Noun
seeing
/x
Adjective, Noun
stiller
/x
Noun
straitened
/x
Adjective
washing
/x
Noun
watering
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Noun
wonted
/x
Adjective
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
get
/
Verb, Noun
save
/
Verb, Noun
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
fall
/
Verb, Noun
die
/
Verb, Noun
tell
/
Verb, Noun
stovepipe
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Noun, Verb
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bundle
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Noun, Verb
aisle
/
Noun
headlines
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Noun